Gallery Wrap

People often ask the question, "What does the term Gallery Wrap mean?" The term Gallery wrap is used to describe a canvas that has been stretched around the sides of the stretcher bars and has no visible staples since it is secured to the back of the frame. The sides of the canvas are also thicker than a normal canvas measuring 1.25" to 2" or more. The sides of the canvas are primed and painted as part of the artwork most often continuing the image that appears on the front or sometimes simply painted with a solid color. This allows for a frameless presentation of the finished painting.

In the case of my paintings that are on birch wood panel the term "Gallery Wrap" has nothing to do with canvas that has been wrapped around the sides since I am not painting on canvas. It is a descriptive term used to describe the method of display. The painting that is on the front of the wood panel continues around the sides of the wood. So the paintings are intended to be hung without a frame. See the picture below which was taken from a 3/4 view at one of my shows where all the paintings were displayed in this method.