Art Panel Carrier - Cheap!

I've decided to join the Ohio Plein Air Society's annual competition at the end of the month. With this event only being a few weeks away, many hotels are booked on the last Friday. Unfortunately, this means finding a distant hotel or staying at the "pet friendly" one for the night. Switching hotels also means, I need to keep my paintings in the trunk of my car since having a hotel, home base as storage will not be an option. (knock on wood, the weather will not be too hot!) I have several RayMar carriers, but not one large enough for my 16" x 20" panels. I'd also like to avoid buying another carrier. I've seen a few elaborately made of cardboard, but I really didn't want to spend the time. Here's my solution:

For each side, I taped together two file racks from Office Max. A strip of duct tape was use to attach a 10" x 20" canvas panel to each side of the file racks. A long cord for a handle was attached to the opposite end of the racks. I already had the cord and panel handy...the grand total came to about $12!

In this image, I added in another panel into the slots and stood the carrier upright. I can keep it flat in my car trunk. One extra plus - I realized that I can take this carrier apart, when no longer needed, and use the separate pieces. The racks can be used to store my smaller paintings and I can still paint on the 10" x 20" panel. I hope this works out!