Making Linen Panels

Making Linen Canvas Panels

In the never ending quest to find the ultimate painting surface I often experiment by making my own oil painting canvas panels. It does entail some work, patience and time. While it would be much easier and quicker to buy readymade stretched canvas or rolls of primed canvas, the process of making the panels makes the artwork very personal. You are involved with its lifecycle from the very beginning even before it is painted. And because of the time and energy invested in making each canvas panel there seems to be a bit more mindfulness involved in the painting process. To date I haven’t found that ultimate painting surface and so I continue to strive for it experimenting and maybe one day hopefully soon the magic moment will happen when at last perfection is achieved. But until that moment, as the saying goes “if at first you don’t succeed, try try again.”