Choosing the Right Canvas: Opus Art Supplies’ Expanded Selection of Canvases for Every Artist
Choosing the right canvas is one of the most important decisions an artist can make. The surface you paint on affects everything—from brush response and colour brilliance to durability and longevity. At Opus Art Supplies, we’re proud to offer one of the most comprehensive selections of canvas in Canada, thoughtfully curated to support artists at every stage of their creative journey.
From affordable entry-level canvases for beginners and students, to premium professional surfaces made with museum-quality materials, our expanded canvas lineup makes it easy to find the right surface for your technique, medium, and goals.
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Beginner & Entry-Level Canvases
Buzz Canvas
Great for beginners, students, practice, and experimentation
The Buzz Canvas range is designed to offer excellent value while delivering dependable performance that goes well beyond basic economy canvases. These surfaces are ideal for artists learning fundamentals, exploring new ideas, or producing high-volume work without sacrificing quality.
Buzz painting surface options include:
Buzz Stretched Canvases (Slim & Deep profiles)
Buzz Canvas Panels
Buzz canvases are pre-primed and ready to use, with consistent surface texture and reliable construction. Canvas panels offer portability and rigidity for acrylics, oils, and mixed media. These surfaces offer significantly higher quality than dollar-store products do, while keeping the prices reasonable, making them a fantastic go to for beginning artists, and those wanting to experiment with new techniques, colours, or products.
Best for: beginner artists, students, hobby painters, classroom use, and exploratory work.
Artist-Grade & Mid-Range Canvas: Professional Performance Without the Premium Price
Ideal for developing artists, regular studio practice, and exhibition-ready work
As artists grow, many look for surfaces with improved materials, stronger construction, and more refined priming. Opus offers several excellent artist-grade canvas options that balance performance and value.
Opus Exhibition Canvas 🇨🇦
A trusted choice for working artists, Opus Exhibition Canvases are built for consistency, durability, and versatility, and most of them are made here in Canada.
Opus Exhibition Canvas is available in:
Stretched Canvas (Slim & Deep profiles)
Cradled Wood Panels (Slim & Deep profiles)
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Canvas Rolls:
Medium Canvas Roll – Unprimed – 7oz – Precut 65" × 18 ft
Medium Canvas Roll – Primed – 7oz – Precut 65" × 18 ft
Medium Canvas Roll – Unprimed – 10oz – Precut 65" × 18 ft
Exhibition surfaces offer improved canvas weight and priming over entry-level options, making them well-suited to both acrylic and oil painting, as well as larger or more finished works.
NEW! Apollon-Gotrick Canvas 🇨🇦
Apollon-Gotrick Canvases are known for their contemporary aesthetic and refined materials. Options include:
Clear-Primed Linen (Deep)
White-Primed Linen (Deep)
Clear-Primed Cotton (Deep)
Black Cotton (Deep)
These canvases appeal to artists who value modern presentation, visible weave, and clean edges—particularly for gallery-ready work.
Liquitex Professional Recycled Canvas
Available in Slim and Deep profiles, Liquitex Recycled Canvas offers artist-grade performance with an environmentally conscious construction. These canvases feature a smooth, responsive surface well-suited to acrylic painting and mixed media.
Winsor & Newton Classic Cotton Canvas
A reliable studio staple, Winsor & Newton Classic Cotton Canvases provide consistent quality and dependable priming, making them a solid choice for everyday painting and skill development.
Best for: intermediate and advancing artists, frequent studio use, exhibitions, and commissioned work.
Premium Professional Artists' Canvases
Opus Finest Canvases 🇨🇦
For professional artists, archival work, and long-term durability
At the top of the range, Opus Finest Canvases are handcrafted right here in Burnaby, BC with premium materials and exceptional attention to detail. These surfaces are designed for artists who demand the highest standards in performance, longevity, and presentation.
Opus Finest Canvas options include:
Stretched Canvas – #12 Duck
Stretched Primed Canvas – 7oz
Stretched Raw Canvas – #10 Duck
Stretched Clear-Primed Linen – 8oz
Opus Finest Stretched Canvas Kits
Opus Finest Canvases offer superior stretching, refined priming, strong bracing and corner support, and premium fabrics—ideal for professional painters creating gallery, competition, or archival works.
Best for: professional artists, exhibition and sale work, and long-term preservation.
NEW! Masterpiece Canvases: Exceptional Craftsmanship & Trusted Quality
The newest addition to our canvas lineup comes from Masterpiece Arts, a brand recognized internationally for premium materials and thoughtful surface engineering.
Masterpiece Canvases bring a long-standing reputation for excellence to Opus’ stretched canvas selection. For decades, Masterpiece Arts has been dedicated to producing high-quality painting surfaces, combining traditional craftsmanship with carefully engineered materials to meet the needs of serious artists.
We’ve curated a strong range of Masterpiece stretched canvases that reflect this commitment to quality, offering both refined cotton and premium linen options—each thoughtfully primed and expertly constructed.
Masterpiece Canvas Ranges at Opus
Masterpiece Gallery Utopia Smooth
Masterpiece Monet Muir – 12oz Premium Acrylic-Primed Linen (4x primed)
Masterpiece Monet Carmel – 7oz Primed Portrait Smooth Canvas (3x primed)
Masterpiece Monet Mono Lake – Raw 6.9oz Belgian Linen (unprimed)
Masterpiece Monet Malibu – 13oz Belgian Linen, Alkyd Primed (4x)
From smooth, finely primed cotton surfaces to luxurious Belgian linen prepared to exacting standards, Masterpiece canvases offer exceptional paint handling, durability, and presentation. These are canvases built for artists who care deeply about how their surface responds—and how their finished work endures.
How Masterpiece fits:
The Gallery and Monet cotton canvases align with high artist-grade to entry-professional quality.
The Belgian linen Monet series (Muir, Malibu, Mono Lake) sits firmly in the premium professional category, comparable to Opus Finest linen offerings.
Find the Right Canvas for Your Practice
With such a wide range of canvases—from Buzz to Exhibition to Opus Finest and Masterpiece—Opus Art Supplies makes it easy to choose a surface that matches your experience level, medium, and creative goals.
Whether you’re just starting out, refining your skills, or producing museum-quality work, there’s a canvas at Opus that’s ready to support your vision.
Explore the full selection online at opusartsupplies.com or visit your local Opus store to see and feel the difference in person.
