Other News: Below are photos of a 30" x 70" commission I recently finished. Before doing the painting I painted a quarter scale sketch for the couple's approval. Due to the unusual size, I stretched my own canvas using heavy duty stretcher bars from Twin Brooks Stretchers. The stretchers are handcrafted in Maine and feature a mechanical locking system which is so much easier to assemble than banging (and cursing) together the traditional wedge stretchers.