canvas (n.) “sturdy cloth made from hemp or flax,” mid-14c., from Anglo-French canevaz, Old North French canevach, Old French chanevaz, literally “made of hemp, hempen,” noun use of Vulgar Latin adjective *cannapaceus “made of hemp,” from Latin cannabis, from Greek kannabis “hemp,” a Scythian or Thracian word (see cannabis).
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Graphite on Two 18 x 24 Inch Canvases – SOLD –
Well – I wasn’t done yet but the visiting collector thought otherwise. SOLD right off the easel – signed on sight and out the door – 2010