Arched Portal Canvas — Birch Frame 48 mm, 380 g cotton, 30×24 to 140×110 cm

Why a portal arch 48 mm deep

The portal shape is taller than it is wide and closes with a semicircle at the top. The portal arch canvas in birch with cotton is our deepest version: 48 mm, the painting stands almost 5 cm off the wall. The cotton (380 g/m²) goes onto the 48 mm birch stretcher triple-primed or, for your own ground, unprimed.

Use: birch stretcher 48 mm, 380 g cotton

Birch with cotton pairs a stable portal arch stretcher with the standard acrylic fabric – also for pouring and heavy impasto. At 48 mm the painting becomes a wall object – especially from about 80 cm. The hard birch plies hold the tension of 380 g cotton for years, even in the largest size of 140×110 cm. Typical motifs for birch at 48 mm in this shape: window views, architecture, floral and sacred motifs.

Which size?

The 48 mm portal arch canvas in birch with cotton comes in 12 sizes from 30×24 cm to 140×110 cm (height × width), from €72. For comparison: 80×62 cm costs €177 in this version. Large sizes get a centre cross from 130 cm height, so the tension holds. Intermediate sizes on request.

Questions about the portal arch canvas in birch, 48 mm

Is birch worth it for the portal arch at 48 mm? From about 120 cm, with wet techniques or for work you sell, yes. For small practice pieces from 30×24 cm pine is enough for the portal arch at 48 mm.

Should I paint the 48 mm edges? Yes, it pays off: from the side the painting looks finished and needs no frame.

How do I hang the portal arch canvas at 48 mm? It looks best above consoles or beds, or in wall niches. The back is tacked all round and the stretcher takes standard picture hangers.