Octo Thief Mixed Media I cut my own stretcher

I cut my own stretcher bars

There’s a kind of beauty in this pause

digital and acrylic paint with hand made frame

Each image is then prepared for printing using Photoshop

This painting is on canvas measuring 17"x21" with the painted strip frame

Octo Thief Mixed Media I cut my own stretcherThese beautiful canvas prints are created first with my ideas and inspiration about what makes for an attractive composition. Some of these originate as acrylic paintings while others have been drawn on the iPad with the Apple Pencil using an app called Procreate. Each image is then prepared for printing using Photoshop. I cut my own stretcher bars, then using water based polymers affix the canvas print to 10 oz cotton during cotton duck canvas. Each