Vincent Van Gough is arguably the most well known artist on the planet, crossing divides in class and culture. You do not have to be an art snob or from the middle or upper classes to have heard of Vincent. He appeals to us because not only was he extremely talented and different in his approach to his art but he was a lost soul. Vincent needed to be accepted, loved and informed of how talented he was. Unfortunately he never received the positive attention he so craved from anybody that mattered and this led to his meteoric downward spiral and eventual death.

As well as being a creative genius who was slowly self-destructing, Vincent was a man who was painfully aware of the poverty that surrounded him where ever he traveled and at one point seriously thought of becoming a missionary. He wanted to help the poor and make their existence at least tolerable.

Could you imagine a man of this intensity, passion and creativity with digital technology at his fingertips? The haunting images of the poor and the harrowing portrayal of his life in his darker moments would have been captured for eternity.

Vincent would have gloried in the fact that the common man could afford to capture moments or events in their lives and talk about the images over a drink.

The fact that these images could be printed on canvas would have made him chuckle. Or would it have made him mad? Vincent worked for days and weeks to make sure his colours were as near as possible to the image he was portraying. How would he feel about a process that takes minutes to go from image to canvas? Alas we will never know.

One thing that is certain Vincent would have attempted to stamp his mark all over the digital world. What a rollercoaster ride that would have been.

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For over a decade, the number of new artists choosing computers and digital media to create their work has been increasing rapidly. Now more than ever, many young creators are finding the internet to truly be the venue in which they are able to construct their virtual exhibits and display their creations to a public much larger than that which would be available to them within the confined walls of a traditional gallery.

However, regardless of the quality of their work, a wall still stands between the digital artist and his audience – the surface of the computer screen. To many, the flattened image that is displayed on their monitors, squeezed between captions and framed by browser windows, does not suffice; a canvas, on the other hand, might.

In recent years, advancements in inkjet printers have made them plausible substitutes for the traditional lithographic process, and printing on canvas – or, in the French fine art neologism, glicée – has become a practical technique with considerable advantages for two-dimensional art.

The process is simple and effective, and consists of several stages that can be accomplished quickly in comparison to other processes. First, the colour profile of the digital image is adjusted to the parameters of the inkjet printer, allowing the artist full control over the final result. Then, the blank canvas is put through the printer and coloured by archival pigment inks, which give the print a clear and vivid look that last for many decades. Finally, the canvas is stretched unto the frame and, as last, the piece is complete.

It is important to remark the several advantages of this process not only for the artist, but for those who wish to have his art in their homes. Here, the word of order is not only quality, but adequacy. Whilst some would like canvases small enough to place on a shelf, others may desire them to cover an entire wall – which, through the use of modern large-format printers, is now possible. And size is not the limit. Canvases come in many shapes, textures and tones, and even aspects of the original design – such as the temperature, contrast or brightness – might be changed to better suit its new surroundings. Printing on canvas therefore means not only facility and flexibility for the digital artist who wants to reach a new audience, but the possibility for the public to acquire not only mere copies, but integral versions of the original work, hence better suiting the needs, wants and tastes of both.

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It’s your mother’s, father’s, best friend’s or your dear one’s birthday and it has been very hard to find a gift. The usual suspects such as chocolates, stuff toys and flowers seem too ordinary, you want something more personal. You really want to say that you care and it’s been hard for you to find a way to say it.

Say it through canvas.

Canvas pictures bring the work of art and the tenderness and reality of your affection together. Let the canvas say it all. All you need to have is a picture of you and your loved ones and there it is on canvas depicting the reality of how you feel and care for them.

You can have as many pictures as you like printed on a single canvas and let them be together forever. Get a single picture with all of your feeling written in quotes on a single canvas. Let the canvas be your way. Canvas pictures live longer than the printed pictures so you can sit and enjoy them for a longer time.

Let the canvas hang in your living room and let everyone see the intensity of your togetherness and affection. Colour your life with the colours of canvas.

Let there be love, beauty, life, family, and canvas prints.

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With Valentines Day just passed and Christmas not even that distant a memory, it won’t be long until the shops are full of swimwear and garden centres put their best outdoor furniture on display. You can look forward to picnics with the family, flying a kite with a loved one, long days on the beach with deckchairs and ice cream and barbeques in the back garden.

However, the reality is that the summer weather may disappoint once again, so it is important for you to capture those special moments in the sun.

Why not keep those moments forever by having your photos prints displayed on canvas?
The range of strong inks and variety of colours mean that your photos won’t look anything but their best. You may worry that by enlarging your image, this will damage the quality. You needn’t worry as your photo will be lovingly examined for any unsightly blemishes or red eye before the finished product is made available.

Once your canvas print is yours to keep, it won’t be hard to smell the tantalising taste of barbeque or recall the feeling of grainy sand between your toes as you spent that midnight walked across the beach with a loved one.

Let those blue skies and sandy beaches shine through with a canvas print.

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Even to the untrained eye, there will inevitably be an occasion when a truly breathtaking photograph will capture the imagination. These are the pictures that we aspire to take ourselves, eternally promising to have the elusive image framed and hung in pride of place.

Canvas photography is a service that provides a shortcut to the end result. A library of professionally taken photographs is available to be printed on canvases in a variety of sizes. These are the images you have dreamt of capturing and yet somehow suspect you may never quite manage to obtain. By using the professionally taken photographs that are available within the photography library, you have the freedom to choose the perfect image that may define the character of your personal space or simply be a beautiful distraction. Printed onto canvas, the images gain extra warmth and possess a character sometimes missing from traditional prints.

The image libraries available cover a broad spectrum of both the natural and man mad world. Beautiful wildlife scenes are contrasted by vivid motorsport images, soft tonal images are contrasted by striking contemporary art.

Being able to own the piece of art that you commissioned onto canvas yourself is sublimely simple. The high quality end results will certainly lead to visitors enquiring about the source of – and most likely, the location featured in – such an acquisition for many years to come.

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Life sometimes seems to come at you from out of the darkness, and with so many moments and memories worth cherishing and sharing; photography has fast become a trendy pass-time and hobby in the UK and throughout the world. Yet there always seems to be that one picture, one moment, one cheeky grin or comical pose that means more than a lifetime spent on the refrigerator door.

Canvases are rapidly growing in popularity as a way of preserving those memories for a lifetime. Canvas printing takes your digitalised moments and, using the most advanced printing processes and inkjet based format printers such as the Epson Stylus Pro 9880, applies them directly onto the canvas.

This canvas is made of cotton which is found to be more economical in comparison to linen, it has a mechanical weave creating a consistent texture. The design can either be wrapped in order to continue the image around the edges of the stretcher frame or not, a process described as either full bleed or no bleed. The natural premium quality of the canvas itself brings a professional, durable and finished look of such excellence and accuracy it is almost indescribable. Leaving you with a beautiful piece of artwork and irreplaceable piece of history that re-invites such found memories into a home that far exceeds the realism any snapshot photograph could bring.

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Have you ever noticed how just looking at a picture can make you feel a million things? Nostalgic, happy, dreamy, excited or maybe even sad.

Nearly every single person in the world will have a particular picture they love, because of the memories that picture leaves you with. Whether it is a particular holiday or special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary or wedding, or maybe it’s as simple as your children, laughing and playing in the snow.

All of these happy memories are easily captured on camera however they can be enhanced by mounting them on canvas.

Just imagine walking in your living room or hall and being able to access all those happy feelings just by looking at your favoured picture.

Canvas as a material is durable and waterproof as well so all these happy memories can live on in your family for many, many years to come. Your children and their children and their children’s children can all get the same joy out of your favourite picture as well as learning a little about their ancestors.

Of course these pictures can also be edited to get rid of any blemishes or red eye that always typically seem to plague an otherwise lovely photograph.

Pictures these days are invaluable, with so many photo sharing network sites such as My Space and Facebook it has never been so easy to access photos of your family and friends. These networking sites have seen a dramatic rise in sales of digital Cameras. People love seeing each other’s lives and memories and it has never been so easy to surprise a friend with a canvas of there favourite pictures of their happy memories whether it is nights out, holidays, or the birth of a new child.

Never before have so many people had such a wide range of access to so many pictures of theirs and their families and friends lives. What better way to elongate those memories even more and get them printed on Canvas, where you can access all those happy feelings in one easy glance?

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It is said that the eyes are a window to the soul and it can also be said that a canvas photo is a window to the past. Whether it was a magical wedding or your child’s first birthday party why not immortalise the moment and transport yourself away to any time or place you please?

Close your eyes and imagine you are in your office at work. You look out of the window to a grey, drab, rainy day. Then you look at the wall next to the window at the canvas photo of your family’s last holiday. You are instantly filled with the joy, happiness and fond memories of sun, sea and sand. You can almost hear the roar of the sea and feel the heat beating down from the golden sun.

A canvas photo is the perfect way to enlarge your photos whilst retaining the quality and authenticity of a textured and original canvas. The deep sides mean that there is no need for framing and there is no risk of scuffing, scratching or tearing and so it can be displayed and admired forever instead of an image being saved to a disc and filed away.

Add a window to your past with a canvas photo and relive those magical moments every time you look at the textures, vibrant colours and clear images that fade in the memory but live forever on canvas.

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Photography is everywhere, and everyone can be a photographer. What was once an expensive hobby for the amateur is now at the fingertips for any budding ‘snap-artist’ carrying their camera around with them on holiday, or hurriedly capturing those fortunate photogenic flashes of childhood. Even mobile phones have cameras of substantial quality as a norm now. Add all this to the trend in interior design, spurred on by plentiful TV D.I.Y programmes, it now seems that art really is something that we can all do, and the home is often the canvas onto which we paint.

It is now possible to reel out hundreds of digital pictures at no extra cost at all, choose the one that has the “wow” factor, and then have it turned into a canvas print within just a few days. The more confident digital photographer can choose to enhance their image with their own software before deciding to have it printed, but it is possible to use your photo as it appeared the moment it was captured. Given the graphic capabilities of most modern digital cameras and scanners, the print quality can be maintained and maximised in the process.

People like to put their own stamp on their homes, and whereas there are precious few artists capable of wielding a brush with much artistic flair, the art of ‘pointing and shooting’ is within easy grasp of just about anyone. Having your own photograph professionally produced does carry the flair and individuality we enjoy at the fraction of the price of a piece of “art”. So if a man’s home is his castle, then with a camera as the new brush, the castle really can be decorated by the artist in residence!

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When you move into a house, whether it’s rented or bought, the walls around you never feel like home until they’re decorated. Your home is an expression of your taste and personality, from choosing the first coat of paint to refreshing tired-looking rooms that you’ve inhabited for several years.

If your home contains small rooms or enclosed spaces, bright colours can often seem garish or uncomfortable to live in. However, by adding a canvas print to a neutral wall you can inject colour into a room, to create a dramatic effect or cosy feeling without overpowering your surroundings.

Canvas prints can also solve the problem of how to display your favourite photographs if you’re short of empty surfaces to hold frames. Images can be transferred straight onto canvas to create a classic print, or alternatively you can bring a contemporary feel to your living space by stylising your photos to look like an Andy Warhol print or a comic book illustration. Colour effects can also be added to tie your print in with your curtains or furniture.

For the DIY-shy, opting for a canvas print is tidier and less time consuming than painting and can also save on money. Pictures can easily be replaced too, when your tastes have moved on and you’re ready for a change of image.

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