How I stretch canvas

I often get emails asking how I stretch my canvas. Here is a detailed shot from the back of the canvas. I cut my own stretcher bars, beveling the edges so the canvas doesn't rest on the bar, and reinforcing the corners for rigidity and stabilization. I typically paint around the edges so a clean stapling is important too me visually. Larger canvases I create a t-bar effect in the back to again help the stabilization and rigidity which I'll give an example later on.

I prime and gesso all my canvas and buy it in bulk rolls. I have worked in both Linen and regular stock canvas, yet it always depended on what I could afford at the time. I have been fortunate throughout my career as a painter to work with good tools and products which I feel has been essential for me as a painter. I work in fine layers building paint up so my work in not created in Impasto style for a reason. There is a "luminosity" I am seeking and it is through the gradual buildup of layers that works best for the result I am seeking