| They say a picture paints a thousand words? We | | | | catalogues that can be reproduced 'on demand' |
| agree, and if your talking modern wall pictures for | | | | for customers rather than having to be pre made. |
| your contemporary home you cant go far wrong | | | | We always recommend when considering which |
| than considering a canvas artwork for your living | | | | company to buy your canvas art from to check |
| space or office. There are a plethora of canvas | | | | their delivery schedules before purchase. Some |
| art online galleries small and large out there - all of | | | | offer services within 48 hours others 2 weeks! |
| them offering different services at different | | | | Go for the 48hour option as weeks can often run |
| prices. This article is aimed at providing a balanced | | | | unto months as the work builds up over busy |
| view of what's hot and what's not in the world of | | | | periods. |
| canvases. We hope these somewhat abstract | | | | The process of framing a modern canvas print |
| words of wisdom will help you in your quest to | | | | takes skill and experience to achieve a |
| choose a great canvas art print for yourself. | | | | professional quality finish. Make sure the print is |
| A canvas print, also known as a stretched canvas | | | | tightly stretched over around the sides of a box |
| or canvas art, is the result of an image printed | | | | stretcher frame when you receive it. Good |
| onto a canvas which is stretched, or gallery | | | | stretcher frames will be professionally, accurately |
| wrapped onto a frame and displayed. Many sellers | | | | cut with a sloping profile that minimises contact |
| offer canvas art either stretched or unstretched. | | | | with the front face of the canvas, preventing the |
| Stretched canvas takes the hassle out of the | | | | impression marks. Without this slope you may find |
| process for the buyer. Generally the canvas will | | | | that over years rather than months the |
| be 'wall ready' straight out of the shipping box. | | | | impression marks become so bad as to ruin the |
| However often you can save a little bit of cash | | | | actual canvas picture. They should also be |
| buy asking for your canvas print to be shipped | | | | adjustable, supplied with tensioning wedges in each |
| unframed, your print will probably arrive in a tube | | | | inside corner that can be tapped in slightly to allow |
| and you will then need to hand build a frame | | | | occasional re-tightening of the canvas. To take |
| before hanging. I would always recommend | | | | the perceived risk out of the 'buying canvas art' |
| spending a little extra of your hard earned cash | | | | equation look for sellers that offer no quibble |
| on getting your canvas print framed. This way | | | | money back guarantees for a period of time |
| your leaving it to the experts to do what they do | | | | after receipt. Not only can you check out the |
| best. | | | | quality against what we recommend in this article |
| Historically reproductions of original artwork have | | | | but you can also 'live with' the canvas wall |
| been printed onto canvas for many decades using | | | | artwork for a few days to check it matches |
| what's commonly known as offset printing in the | | | | your wall décor and contemporary |
| trade. In recent years the industry has exploded | | | | furnishings. |
| with the ever growing popularity of inkjet printers | | | | So what type of canvas art seller is best I hear |
| and digital photographic devices. Modern large | | | | you cry? Unfortunately we don't have a finite |
| format printers can print up to huge sizes up to | | | | answer for that question but we have a few |
| 60 inches in width. This size and scale of canvas | | | | thoughts on things to look out for. Most wall |
| printing has meant an almost endless scope for | | | | canvas sellers come from a printing background... |
| design and decoration of photographic images and | | | | great you might think, what could go wrong? Well |
| artwork. Walk into any contemporary restaurant | | | | have a think, and look at the actual artwork they |
| these days and you can almost guarantee that | | | | have on offer and compare it to other canvas |
| you will find a huge macro focused image of the | | | | sellers. You will see some similarities as they will |
| chef's latest culinary delight. | | | | probably buy images from stock photography |
| The growth of the internet in the digital age has | | | | sellers. As a piece of 'art' these canvas prints will |
| had huge ramifications for the services that | | | | be worthless over the long term. They lack a little |
| canvas art retailers can offer to their customers. | | | | integrity as they wont be limited editions signed |
| Web 2.0 has meant development of many user | | | | by the artist, as there is no artist! Look out for |
| generated software packages that allow anyone | | | | information on artists, limited edition numbers and |
| to load up photos, do basic effects to those | | | | so forth, this is usually a good sign for the |
| pictures and reproduce them as canvas art prints. | | | | longevity of value for your canvas wall artwork. |
| Some online canvas art sellers do nothing else | | | | Make sure your canvas art retailer has one foot |
| other than produce artwork generated by users | | | | in the printing industry and the other dipped into |
| of their websites. Others have huge artwork | | | | the art world galaxy! |