About Gallery-wrapped Canvas and Paintings on Panel
Information for those who have never before bought oil and acrylic paintings before.
WHAT DOES “GALLERY WRAPPED” MEAN?
This term means that an artist’s canvas has been stretched to wrap around the sides of a stretcher bar and secured to the back of a wooden frame.
The artist usually paints the sides of the stretched canvas as well as its front, giving a three-dimensional effect. The painting can be hung from wires on the back or framed, as desired.
Ready-made gallery-wrap canvases are very popular with oil and acrylic painters and with those who buy their artwork as well.
Bernard Marks’ “Molas Lake” is one of the many original gallery-wrapped canvas oil and acrylic paintings available for purchase on this website.
WHAT IS A PAINTING ON PANEL?
Centuries ago, all paintings were done in oil, and all were made on wooden panels. The “Old Masters” produced all their masterpieces this way. As canvas became widely available toward the end of the 16th Century, panel painting gradually became less common.
Today, artists use the techniques of panel painting on hardboard, masoniate, or plywood to create certain special effects. For example, extraordinary smoothness in water is possible when there’s no thick woven canvas to interrupt the flow of the paint.
An additional benefit is that panel paintings are extremely durable.
Bernard Marks did several paintings on panel. Two of them are available here: “Mountain Stream” and “Dog Walk on a Golden Day.“
