I spent most of the day drawing, getting two new paintings ready. This afternoon I started stretching canvases. I plan to stretch 6.
I’m a crackerjack canvas stretcher, I’ve done it so often, but even I can learn new tricks. I used to put the staples on the stretcher edge but I’ve started putting the staples on the back instead. It makes a cleaner line when the paintings hang in the gallery.
Very few framers can create large frames that are sturdy and affordable. I’ve only ever met one framer who created large frames that were sturdy, beautiful and affordable. The framer has moved and I’ve lost track of him. He had a shop in Vermilion, Ohio called Vermilion Fine Art. If anyone knows where that shop moved, please let me know. He gilded his own frames and they are the best I’ve ever bought. He learned his craft in Eastern Europe–Hungary, I think.
I bought a massive roll of cotton duck awhile back and I’m almost at the end of it. I plan to buy a roll of linen when I exhaust the roll.