New Garden Art from our Online Shop

We're delighted to announce the return of our successful Garden Art canvas product to the online shop!

The optimists amongst us will know that June will be bringing us some wonderful British sunshine, and we can all put our umbrellas away for the Summer...



Whether entertaining guests at your barbecue or garden party, or simply relaxing with your family, our Garden Art canvasses are the perfect finishing touch for your outdoor space.

To provide a way of livening up your garden, we have developed an amazing new format to present our range of canvas art outdoors. Any piece of outdoor artwork must be able to withstand the elements in Winter as well as Summer, and we use fully-weather proofed materials that look great!



To find out more about this exciting new product, and how to purchase from our shop, please see the Garden Art page...

How to Choose a Photo On Canvas Supplier

Now that it's possible to create a professional looking artist canvas from your own photograph using modern printing technology, personalised canvas products are becoming much more widely available.

What was once a rare and expensive product has become much more widespread, with many canvas art suppliers and photographers offering the service on the internet for low prices.

But what sets them all apart? Will the end result look the same, and does it matter which supplier you choose? These are questions we often receive from our customers, and we know that not all photo on canvas services are equal!

Obviously it would be expensive and impractical to all the suppliers out there, so we thought it would be useful to offer a guide to choosing a quality product, including the kind of questions you should ask a supplier.

Of course, once we've armed you with the information you need to make an informed choice, naturally we hope that you'll choose Canvas Republic for your Photo On Canvas!

The key to choosing a great supplier and product is assessing the information they provide and asking the right questions. The best suppliers of personalised canvas art will provide full details of the materials used and how your image is processed. When assessing the materials the supplier uses to create the personalised print, you should judge using the same criterior that you would when choosing any canvas art.

Frames should be of the adjustable stretcher frame type, as opposed to the easily-warping, DIY cut-timber variety. On the larger frame sizes, the stretcher bars should be 'finger-jointed'. This means that rather than being machined asof one long piece of wood (which will be prone to warping), the frame is made of several tightly jointed lengths of wood. This means that the finger-jointed frame will resist bowing and warping, keeping your print straight and squared. Further details on the frames, as well as the canvas we use can be found in our Quality Guide.

The other main factor in creating a quality photo on canvas print is digital processing of the original image. Many factors in the computer processing stage can affect the overall quality of the print, such as how the image is colour managed, and how well the original image is retouched for sharpness, colour, exposure, contrast, etc.

Perhaps the most important point affecting print quality is how the image is interpolated, or enlarged. To scale a digital camera photo up to a large canvas size can mean interpolating by 1200% or more. Imagine stretching a postcard up to the size of a billboard poster.

This is a huge enlargement and means that any flaws or quality issues in the original image will be amplified and made worse, resulting in a blocky or bad quality print.

To enlarge, specialist interpolation software should be used, rather than a common graphics program. Programs such as Photoshop aren't designed to handle interpolation at these percentages. Ask your photo on canvas supplier how they will interpolate your image.

As with other canvas prints, you should check how your supplier will colour manage your image. It is also important to calibrate your monitor, as this will ensure you are viewing consistent, neutral colour on your screen. Good colour calibration helps a printer achieve a consistent result, going from your image, then onto computer, and finally to onto print.

You can find further information on the importance of colour management, and how we implement it on the Quality Guide.

New Perspex Art Coming Soon...

Many have you have asked about the return of our Perspex Art range, and we've been keen to relaunch it on the site.

We've been busy working on sourcing the best materials we can find, including brushed steel fixings and acrylic sheets, and we've come up with an exciting new slant on the Perspex art typically available...



Due to the high cost of the raw materials and the lengthy crafting time, acrylic art is often prohibitively expensive. It also means that once you've decided on a photo, you can't change it later, other than making another expensive investment.

In light of this, we've developed a brand new way to significanly reduce the cost of owning a piece of personalised Perspex art. Instead of laminating a specialist printed film to the acrylic sheet, an expensive process, we sandwich a high quality photographic print between two thick sheets of acrylic.

This has a number of benefits. A photographic print is a solid medium, so colours, detail and contrast are all intensified in comparison to translucent film. The substantial acrylic block adds an classy transparent look, whilst the brushed steel fixings make a superb finishing touch.



The best part is that the photographic inserts are interchangable; metal fixings are detachable and the photo can simply be removed. You can even print your own inserts at home if you have a photo printer!

We're really excited about launching this new product, and it will be available for purchase very shortly... Watch this space!

Highest Quality Stretcher Bars

Two months ago, we imported our own shipment of high quality stretcher bars. This gave us the option of selecting the best bars, as well as the flexibility of having a large stock and not having to rely on UK art suppliers.

The only downside was that it took five of us two hours to unload the shipping container! (Aching backs all round the next day...)



We have to say, after using them for several weeks now, they're absolutely great! The frames really are the best we've used and are truly excellent quality. They come precision machined and profiled with a really smooth finish.



We're looking forward to our replenishment shipment soon, although we might have to bribe someone else to unload them next time!

Chat With Us Live!

We're delighted to announce that we now have a Live Chat service on the site. If you have a question, you can now talk with us instantly by clicking the Live Chat button near the top of any page.



Live Chat is a great way to ask us your questions, and for us to give you expert advice and service both quickly and efficiently. For this reason, we encourage you to give the service a try today if you need to contact us!

Shots From Our New Premises...

Some of you may know that we're in the process of moving our operation to larger industrial premises. Well, the usual problems with setting up phone lines and broadband mean that we're still not in just yet.

However, we have had custom workbenches made and installed, and the entire space repainted, and we can't wait to move in!

Many of you ask us whether you are able to visit us to view the pieces. Our new premises will give us the space to do this, we're looking to cover every wall with examples of our canvas art range!

We're also looking forward to fully photograph our canvas art for the website so you can really see the quality of our prints up close. In the meantime, you can find photos on our quality page...




In a week or so, the interior and communications should be complete. There will even be a customer area with seating, although we seriously doubt whether we'll ever have time to use it ourselves!

Brand New Five Part Canvas Art Sets

What could be more impressive in your interior than one of our massive five part canvas art sets? These sets are perfect for those looking to make a statement in their space, or who have a large wall to fill.

We've now updated the five part section of the canvas art shop to include some brand new designs. Look out for popular designs like Aquiescence, Sanctity and Levity hitting the five part format now!

Prices start from £79.99...

Company Magazine Recommends Us For Canvas Art

(Sorry Holly.) We're proud to say that Company magazine have recommended one of our Banksy canvas prints in their "Two Of The Best" feature...

It's always nice to receive a recommendation from a magazine with such a valued reputation, and now you don't just have to take our word for it about our high quality canvas art!

Of course, a big nod to the elusive graffiti artist Banksy. Banksy openly encourages anyone to photograph his work in situ and sell them as prints. We love his work and added our touch in the graphic form of quote from the man himself.

Visit our online canvas art shop to see the full range, including the Banksy Bomb Hugger print...