Custom framing for a stretched canvas is the crowning touch, and choosing just the right frame to elevate your piece comes down to making some choices regarding personal preference. There is a wide variety of options for framing a stretched canvas, so we’re here to help simplify the process for you.
This cool silver frame gets an antiqued look with its subtle striations. A generous 1 1/2" rabbet makes this frame ideal for stretched canvas. We will automatically add a 1/4” gap so your framed canvas appears to be ‘floating’ in the frame. Not compatible with works on paper.
The process of choosing the right frame for your canvas is an essential one, as the ideal frame serves to accentuate your art and the environment in which it will reside. It’s the finishing touch that elevates the value and overall aesthetic of your piece. But canvases come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, so selecting the frame that best suits your specific piece can be a daunting effort. Rest assured, we’re here to simplify it for you.
Oil painting as a medium is steeped in rich history and universally appreciated. It has served as the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for centuries—beginning in Europe and spreading around the world. Although the process of creation is often a slower one, given the time needed for individual colors or layers to dry, oil painting offers the distinct advantages of flexibility, richness of color and overall density. Today, oil paintings remain as relevant and popular as ever.
Here we answer a customer question about wood canvas float frames
There are a number of different ways that a canvas can be framed and most choices that you make are based on personal preference. In this tutorial we will show 2 different ways to frame a canvas with a canvas float frame, otherwise known as a floater frame.