Why Not Create Your Own Canvas Art?

Create your own canvas art!

While our designers are constantly busy creating new designs for our canvas artwork, from floral pieces to sweeping landscapes, geometric shapes to pop art, one of our most popular services is the ability to make your own photo on canvas. Photos on canvas not only offer a unique way to turn your photographs or digital designs into top-quality wall art - they are excellent gift ideas, and a beautiful way to immortalize an important event, place, or thing. Which would you rather have - photographs of your wedding, or a series of photos turned into true artwork mounted on canvas prints?

Our designers can take a standard photo and twist, tweak, and edit it to your liking. Any modern digital camera has resolution high enough to be able to increase the size of the photograph drastically, and is perfect for mounting on relatively large sized canvas. This, coupled with the fact that we use only the highest grade materials and professional mounting techniques, will ensure that your photographs and designs turn out exactly the way you want them. We can even add various effects, from glamour shots to pop art newspaper pointillism, to achieve the desired look. There are virtually no limits to the type of wall art you can create with photos on canvas, and our experience combined with your creativity will end in a piece of artwork you won't forget.

Canvas artwork offers a new and exciting way to create your own memories, but there are other uses as well. For example, we have been commissioned by a variety of professional photographers for gallery prints, as canvas provides a subtle texture and a unique look for photographs. If you want to display your work in a different way than many photographs provide, canvas prints are a great alternative.

Regardless of the effect you're looking for, photo on canvas's malleability when it comes to style provides an excellent way to get your work to look exactly the way you want it to. Our canvas prints are very reasonably priced, and are built to last. They come coated with a museum-quality protective that makes them glossy and durable, with water and light resistance. The next time you want a way to turn your photos and artwork into true wall art that will be genuinely eye-catching (and liven up virtually any room), consider using canvas artwork.

Why Choose Canvas Art From Us?

What makes our canvas art special?

There are lots of decisions to make when it comes to choosing what type of canvas art you want to hang. Paintings, posters, photographs, and other forms of artwork each offer a distinct style, and all give a room a different feel. However, there is one type of artwork that is quite uncommon, but is rapidly gaining popularity throughout Europe, specifically in the United Kingdom. Canvas artwork offers a unique approach to wall art, and has a bold, striking style that is sure to catch attention in any room. Whether it's a landscape or a portrait, pop art or geometric shapes, canvas art provides a contrast to other art forms with its clean-cut sense of depth.

Canvas prints are available in a variety of different styles, with a wide range of artistic influences. All of our designs are created in the studio, and the business is family owned and operated to ensure that every piece is original and unique. We even offer a photo on canvas service that will allow you to send in your own photographs or designs and have them turned into canvas art, which make great gift ideas or an excellent way to immortalize an event. The photos on canvas service also allows you to add various types of effects and extra elements for greater customization, from glamour shots to pop art colors, so that you can experience your photos in a completely new way.

The canvas artwork offered on our site is very reasonably priced, especially with some of the pieces being so large, but quality is never sacrificed during the process. We use only the highest grade canvas and a professional mounting technique that has come from over ten years of framing and design experience, to ensure that any piece you order is guaranteed to last. We also use a high-quality protective agent to make the canvas somewhat waterproof and light resistant.

Canvas art is an excellent addition to any room, and can liven up an otherwise dull living room or give a calming, peaceful air to a bedroom. Our artists and designers are influenced by a number of different artists and aspects of life, and there is sure to be something to suit virtually anyone's style. We are constantly coming up with new designs as well, so even if you can't find the kind of art you're looking for, be sure to check back periodically.

Why Buy Canvas Prints?

Why Buy Canvas Prints?

There are a lot of different types of art out there, and lots of different mediums to present it on. One of the reasons our canvas art is so popular is that our canvas artwork is made with the highest quality materials available. You can even send us a digital image of your own to be made into a photo on canvas, allowing you to take a regular photograph and transform it into a unique piece of wall art. This is great for everything from family portraits to your own artwork, and allows you to give your photos a new look.

Canvas prints: Lowest price match guarantee!

Whilst we are aware of many websites and retailers offering cheap and inferior canvas prints, we're confident that you cannot beat us on price for an equivalent quality product. If you can show us that an online canvas prints retailer is able to beat the price of our canvas prints, we promise to match or beat that price. How's that for customer satisfaction?

To help you along in your search an equivalent product needs to consist of at least these three things: 100 percent Cotton Canvas, premium, machined Pine stretcher bars and at the very minimum, use an 8 colour large format digital printer.

Add to that our 3 working day despatch times and no quibble returns policy should you not like your purchase (highly unlikely), means you have absolutely nothing to lose, so go for it and furnish your walls with the best quality Canvas Art on the market today!

We dare you to find your modern canvas art cheaper!

Canvas Art Prints & Bespoke Sizing

Whilst browsing our canvas art prints shop categories have you ever thought that you liked a piece but the size isn't quite right for your space?

Well the team here at Canvas Republic would like to help you out with that little problem. We stock our frames in sizes that start at 8" and go upto 72" in 2" increments, so any size combination can be achieved, meaning that we can adapt any of our canvas art prints to fit any size space in your home or office.

So if you have spotted some canvas art prints that would brighten up that long, tall space in your hallway or you need a big square filling, send us an email and we will do our magic and come up with a solution.

Don't forget that your Canvas prints could even be on your wall within 72 hours of ordering. So what are you waiting for?

Under New Management

As from May 1st 2009 Canvas Republic is under brand new ownership. Whilst we'll still be making the same amazing abstract canvas prints, we've been working hard to improve all ordering and support systems to ensure the best ever purchasing and customer service experience.

After listening to your feedback, your biggest want was for us to despatch quicker than 7-10 working days. In light of this, we made a lot of improvements to the way our production and administration is structured. The great news is that now all our canvas prints are now despatched 72 hours (3 working days), so you can now style your walls in super quick time!

So for the best quality canvas prints, please make your way over to our shop pages, you will not be disappointed!

New Faster Canvas Prints Despatch Times!

Well after many requests for a faster delivery timescale, we have now made all our prints including Photos on Canvas, eligible for our express turnaround time. What does this mean? It means that from the moment you place your order for Canvas Art, Canvas Prints or Photo on Canvas, you can now expect to be hanging them in as little as 3 working days after ordering.

Overseas deliveries will not be included in this, sorry.

We have now made all our in-house processes and systems much faster. If you want to ask a question about our products before ordering, you can now expect an answer within 12 hours, more than likely much quicker but we want to be fair to ourselves so we are saying within 12 hours. We even have a small team answering emails at the weekends. So whatever your question and whatever the day, send us an email and we will respond.

We have taken the steps to start improving our phone systems too, you can now call us on 0844 736 2678. If you cannot get through, please leave a message and someone will call you back as soon as someone is free to do so. If leaving messages is not your thing then please email us for a speedy response.

The quicker we deal with any pre-order questions, the quicker you get your canvas prints on your wall!

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

The Canvas Republic Team.

Canvas Prints - 5 Part Sets & Large Canvas Art

I was treated to something very special recently, with the introduction of a certain type of five piece canvas prints set, but I want to cover that last because it's so uniquely and expertly done. Until then, let's go over some of the five piece canvas prints sets available, as well as some of the philosophy behind the separation of art pieces for greater artistic effect.

canvas art is not an exceptionally new art medium. Especially with modern printing technology, it can be easy to produce and replicate multiple pieces of art with relatively low cost. That said, it also allows us to do things that no other art medium has really allowed before, such as exact image replication and separation. While it was certainly possible with photography, and while a lot of canvas art is based off of or includes photography, the popularization of canvas art in the 1960's (largely on the part of Andy Warhol) made the repetition of images a thematic element in art. Now, people have found ways to take advantage of that repetition and turn it from something critical (Andy Warhol's repetition in art was largely a commentary on mass production and conformity in society) to something beautiful.

These canvas prints are hung, generally, around three inches away from one another. This separation can change the art drastically, from making it more cohesive, gentle, and graceful, to creating a chaotic instability that all but destroys the original intent of the print. That said, multiple-piece sets should be done carefully, and certainly not all art works in separations like that. The best iterations of multiple-piece sets, especially large five piece sets, are ones that are conducive to either a long or tall shape, such as landscapes.

Now, the other day I noticed something I'd never noticed before. There were five piece sets available in cascading formations. This means that there are two end pieces, slightly larger pieces between those, and a single large piece in the center. This gives landscape canvas prints an incredible sense of depth, and pieces like Aureus II and Ionia really spring to life when spread out like this. The novelty of taking a single, continuous image and resizing it over several pieces of art has never been taken advantage of, because without computer imaging technology it was relatively impossible. For a chance to see these amazing prints, take a look at our website.

Canvas Prints - Pop Art Canvas

Canvas Prints - Pop Art Canvas

Pop art canvas is something of a recent phenomenon, with Andy Warhol popularizing it in the late 60's, and it has become an important part of both American and global art. The canvas prints gallery I saw featured much of the works by graffiti stencil artists Wilde and Banksy, who are popular throughout Great Britain for their daring and off-kilter works of public art. They are now available in canvas art form, and are fitting for a new studio apartment or someone with a slight anarchist streak. There are also pop art prints by other artists, and classic automobile canvas prints. Let's go over some of my favorites from the gallery.

The Skull Run by Wilde, features a mother and child walking together (presumably to school, since the child has a bundle under his arm), in black and white. They are wearing red gas masks, and the mother's dress has a white skull and crossbones on it, and there is red running along one side. The piece is likely a commentary on post Cold War paranoia and police state mentality, as are many of his pieces, and combines humor with a distinct message of social commentary. This piece of canvas art is an important part of the mentality of modern youth subculture.

A few Banksy canvas prints are also featured, and while some of my favorites of his aren’t offered, the Bomb Hugger is a poignant piece of social criticism that should not be ignored. It depicts a young girl, probably ten or twelve, holding and embracing a missile. A tiny heart appears above her head. The piece features the words, "People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. People in glass cities shouldn’t fire missiles." The message of the piece is hard to miss, but it gets the point across while still managing to be visually interesting and tasteful.

All of these pieces have something to say, and they say it with the no-regrets, in your face kind of mentality that is necessary when delivering a message of their nature. While the other pop art pieces and automobile aren't as striking as the graffiti, they do get the idea right. The Coca Cola bottle is especially reminiscent of Warhol's work, and the Beetles are colourfully attractive without being annoying. One print of a blue turntable stands out as a subtle, enjoyable piece of art. For these and other fascinating works of wall art, please visit our website.

Canvas prints - Modern 3 Part Sets

Canvas Prints - Three Piece Sets

One of the nice things about canvas art is that it is often designed to create a pattern or shape over several individual pieces of art. Three piece sets are some of the most popular iterations of canvas art, and in this brief review we'll take a look at some of the best sets from the gallery. It takes a certain kind of framing and initial shape to properly execute a separated set of canvas prints, but when it's done well it creates a lovely effect.

Some of my favorite three piece sets of modern canvas prints actually include pieces I've mentioned before. For example, Noriko, the black, tan, and red piece with the dead trees, can be seen as a three piece set and works beautifully as one. Altitude, the New York stylized cityscape, also works very well as multiple separate pieces. However, some pieces that are less impressive as singular pieces really come to life when they are separated. If you’ve ever heard the turn of phrase, "greater than the sum of its parts", then these are the opposite of that phrase.

Enos, for example, is a green, white and black floral print that as a standalone piece, is simply not that incredible. When it is separated, however, the white and black clusters of flowers move independent of each other, and come together in the center. It really gives the canvas prints a sense of movement and grace, and even very simple color-based paintings like Samba spring into action when the two sides meet in the middle. Conversely, some pictures take on a more chaotic tone when separated, such as in Haruko. This piece loses all sense of cohesion, and the grey, black, and yellow-orange hues seem to float around aimlessly. Similarly, Karta is normally a simple plant shoot, but when separated each piece seems to live independently of the other.

The modern art and abstract pieces come together fantastically, as in Monte Carlo and Intra, and one of my favorite pieces before, Traska, is arguably also one of my favorite three piece sets. All of these canvas prints are enjoyable on their own, but some of them take on a whole new quality when made into sets. To see these and a large selection of other canvas art pieces, please visit our website. There is something sure to compliment the taste and style of interior design for virtually everyone.

Canvas Prints From Your Photo

Canvas Prints From Your Photo

Creating your own photo on canvas can be significantly harder than people think. While the art itself is not always particularly hard to produce with modern technology - any image can be printed on canvas and mounted - the actual process and cost of printing, buying, and framing a canvas print is extremely difficult, and leaves little margin for error.

In fact, one of the most frustrating sights any artist or would-be artist can see is an image on canvas with a big rip or stretch mark in it. In this article, we’ll go over how you can go about ordering a print for a surprisingly low price, and avoid all the hassle and stress of trying to do it yourself.

The array of options for making your own photos to canvas are truly astounding. Sending in a standard photo to be made into a piece of canvas art will allow the artists to edit your image for color, sharpness, contrast, and anything else that will help your image really stand out in your home.

Options for black and white photos also exist, and for that ancient photo look, vintage sepia (or warm sepia, if you really like sepia). Glamour portraits will allow the artists to airbrush out imperfections in skin and hair tones, touch up lighting, and soften and sharpen focus where necessary.

Vintage pop art, in the style of artists like Andy Warhol, is also available in canvas art form. Send in a photo of a friend or loved one, or even of yourself, and the artists will turn it into a stylized version of the image you might expect to see in the New York Museum of Modern Art.

They can also convert it to a modern pop art feeling, with bold color contrasts and blending. The artists can even dot mesh it for a pointillism look, where standing across the room produces an image out of pixels that make no sense up close. Your photos can also be converted and spread across three canvas prints, to be hung independently and spaced apart, producing a unique effect.

There are several photo wrapping techniques for the edges, as well. Canvas prints allow the creator to stretch the image around the frame itself, creating a unique look for landscape photos or abstract art. For these and more approaches to personalised canvas art, have a look around our website, where there is surely something to pique the interest of virtually anyone.

Abstract Art 101

Abstract art might seem easy to create, since many of the designs and shapes are so simple. However, the goal of art is to evoke an emotional response of some kind, and a lot of abstract art leaves people feeling only confused and disappointed.

It takes a lot of skill to get someone to feel an emotion from looking at three diagonal brush strokes, but when it works, it really works. In this brief article, we’ll go over some of the abstract canvas art available today, and what it takes to do it well.

The abstract canvas art you’ll see is in several styles – these include geometric designs, such as Casino, as well as Baroque and Damask patterns that are found in Serrano prints. Some prints are inspired by the last century’s abstract work, and feature bold, geometric shapes like in Voodoo.

There are a lot of different styles and color schemes available, from the colored bars that are meant to evoke a certain place, smell, or even sound, such as the Cappuccino and Vegas prints. Floral prints are also popular, such as the Botan and Avalon.

One of my personal favorites of the canvas prints in the show is Noriko, a set of thin, spindly, leafless trees set against three horizontal bars going from red to tan to red. It elicits a sort of urgency, a sense of speed, despite the immobility of the foreground. It almost gives the impression that one is running through a dead forest.

Traska is very similar, with a set of long black pikes rising from some black rubble. The background is mostly red, with a thin stripe of white along the bottom. Ascension II features a flock of birds against a blue and grey background, and evokes a sense of movement without having any.

These canvas prints are less accessible than the majority of those you’ll see, and might simply confuse or bore some, but when they work, they really work. Having a simple geometric shape to compliment a room can bring it all together, and a collection of basic images can have strong emotional connotations.

The prints come in a variety of colors and styles, but are heavy on the blues and reds, which are perhaps the strongest, emotionally, of the basic colors. Check out our website to see a huge selection of abstractcanvas art, as well as other art styles.

Delays Possible: Severe Weather Disruption

We wanted to give a quick update on our delivery schedule during the severe weather...

Like many mail order companies, the severe weather experienced in many parts of the UK has had an adverse effect on our delivery schedule. Disruptions to the road networks and staff shortages have meant that we have not had our usual daily courier collections, and all courier services are experiencing delays in the delivery of parcels.

Unfortunately, this means that many customers many experience delays to our normal delivery lead-times. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by these unforeseen delays and will do our best to get back on track when normal services are resumed.

We thank you for your continued patience while we are unable to give accurate delivery information. We will continue to update our news page with more information as soon as we have it.

In the meantime… Have you made your snowman yet?

Buy Discounted Surplus Stock in our new Clearance Canvas Prints Section!

It's been a while in the pipeline but we've finally launched our Clearance canvas art section...



Here, you'll find a selection of our brand new surplus stock, available at rock bottom prices! As we've already made and packagaged the prints, they are available for same-day despatch.

Some of the lowest triptych prices in the UK, same day despatch and of course, the kind of high quality canvas prints you've come to expect from Canvas Republic... We defy you to find a better deal!

However, please be quick as we only have one of each clearance item available. Once they're gone... they're gone. Don't miss out; see our new wall art clearance section now...

Canvas Art Colour Trends

Christmas / New Year Schedule

Just a quick update to remind our customers that any orders placed after Christmas will be processed on our return on January the 5th.

Thank you very much to all our customers for choosing us in 2008. We promise there will be lots more exciting designs to look forward to in 2009...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Canvas Republic!

Last Christmas Ordering Dates...

This year, the last ordering date for pre-Christmas delivery will be 15th December, 23:00 GMT. Any orders placed before then will be created and despatched in time for pre-Christmas delivery.

This includes Photo On Canvas orders, which normally take 7-10 working days, but will be expedited by Canvas Republic's Christmas elves to ensure you don't miss out...

Take the hassle out of your canvas art and photo on canvas orders this Christmas with Canvas Republic!

Claim Your Free Canvas Print or Gift Voucher!

A big thanks to all our customers for making our Christmas offer such a success this year!

To those that don't know yet (where have you been?!), we're offering a free 18 x 24" canvas print when you spend £79.99 or more with us.

You can choose either one of our designs or your own photo, and we'll create you a beautiful 18 x 24" canvas print absolutely free!

The offer is worth £44.99, so what better gift idea this Christmas?

Of course, we realise that once you receive your order, you may well decide not to give away your new print as a gift after all. So to ward off temptation, we're now offering gift vouchers as an alternative, allowing your loved ones to choose their print themselves.

The vouchers are still very pretty, but we suspect you're less likely to want to hang them on your wall...

To redeem your free 18 x 24" canvas print, photo on canvas or gift voucher, simply place your order for £79.99 or more and email us with your choice. We'll then ship everything out together...

Merry Christmas!

More New Canvas Art Coming Soon!

We'd like to thank everybody for the kind feedback we've received on the new canvas art designs we've added to the site recently. We're always keen to hear your comments and suggestions for new designs and colours.

We're putting the finishing touches to even more canvas art and are looking forward to boosting our Abstract and Square canvas art ranges!

Watch this space for more details; we'll let you know as soon as the new designs are added!

Our Best Ever Stretcher Frames

Canvas Republic have always strived to make the highest possible quality canvas prints. This means that we have to try out new materials all the time, ensuring that we're offering best product we possibly can.

We recently sourced a new manufacturer of pine stretcher bars in Europe, who are making the best frames we have seen in a long time. The frames are cut with amazing precision, have a characteristically smooth pine finish and are really heavyweight.

We took delivery of our first batch last week, and we're absolutely delighted to setting a new gold standard in quality with our canvas wall art.

New Photo On Canvas Page

We've now updated the photo on canvas to include some exciting new options.

In addition to the standard colour and black and white options, we've added two sepia types, three new pop art types and a Glamour Portrait service.

There are interactive previews showing before and after images, giving you an idea of how your image will look in a particular style.

If you're looking for a photo on canvas supplier, rely on Canvas Republic to get the very best from your photos.

Canvas Wall Art Now Coated With Glamour II

We're delighted to announce that we're now coating every canvas print that we make using Glamour II, the finest inkjet giclee coating available.

Glamour II is a proprietry canvas varnish that has been developed to protect, preserve and enhance fine art and photographic prints. It further enhances the colour of the pigmented inks we use and increases resistance to fading. Additionally, it protects your canvas wall art against moisture and abrasion.

What better finishing touch to the best quality exclusive art around?

Free Canvas Print Offer Extended

Wow, thank you to everyone who has made the free canvas print offer so successful. We've had a great response and we've been busy making loads of your gallery choices and photo on canvas images.

The offer has been so popular that we've decided to extend it. So if you haven't chosen from our exclusive range of canvas wall art before, there's never been a better time...

New Single Panel Wall Art Designs!

... And following from the introduction of the new Winter triptych range, we've just added new canvas art to the Abstract and Floral sections.

We hope you like them and, as always, please contact us if you'd like us to create you a one-off in your own colours.

Brand New Triptych Wall Art...

We promised new wall art and here it is!

We're delighted with the new artwork the team has been been producing, and today we've stocked the triptych section full of brand new designs. Whether you're looking for bold accent colours or subtle, neutral shades, we've got you covered.

There's still more to come, and we'll also be adding new artwork to the other sections too. In the meantime, if you'd like one of the three part designs in single panel format, just let us know...

Refer Your Friends And Receive Your Canvas Print Free!

When you order your Wall Art from Canvas Republic, what you get is an extremely high quality product, with the added bonus of it being the most affordable out there.

Not content with that, the Canvas Republic team want to make your canvas art even better value; you can now get your wall art for free! As a thank you for your continued support, we are offering you the chance to have your purchase cost refunded.

"Canvas art for free? Count me in!" we hear! All that we ask is that you do a little something for us in return. Don't worry, it's not a Godfather-style favour that's bound to get you into trouble. All you have to do is to get two of your friends to purchase a canvas print from us.

If they've seen your Canvas Republic wall art hanging proudly in your home, there's no doubt they will have asked where you got it. The next part is easy, simply get them to purchase one of our products from us. If two of them do, we'll be delighted to refund your purchase.

To claim your purchase cost back, simply send us the three order reference numbers; yours and your two friends'. Voila! Your stunning wall art has now cost you nothing. All we ask your friends orders total greater than yours. Reimbursement will take 14 days.

It couldn't be easier, so why not call your friends today?

New Wall Art Coming Soon...

The Canvas Republic team have been working hard creating some stunning artwork to brighten up your walls.

Our latest designs will include new floral, abstract and scenery canvas art.

Keep an eye out for our latest canvas prints...

Wall Art: Amazing Artwork With No Frames!

There's a revolution happening in interior design: wall art. Printed on canvas, with an invisible frame, wall art is the contemporary way to display prints.

I'm sure we've all been the proud owner of a guilded, gold picture frame at some stage in our lives. In fact, until recently we didn't have much choice in the matter. Gold is nice, of course, when on a piece of fine jewellery. Or on your Christmas tree, perhaps. We're not convinced that it's always right for displaying contemporary prints, however.

Traditional frames add their own character to a piece of artwork, inevitably changing how it is viewed in some way. This can make it difficult to pick the right frame for a print, as well as one that will look good in your room. If you want to change your picture at a later date, you're stuck with the frame.

Fast-forward to the 21st century, and these problems are solved with Canvas Republic wall art! No longer do you have to buy an expensive print, and an even more expensive frame to display it. Now, the print and frame are harmoniously combined as a stunning piece of canvas wall art.

The artwork now takes its rightful place at centre-stage, with the frame doing its important support work behind the scenes. Your beautiful Canvas Republic wall art will hang boldly on the wall, viewable in three dimensions.

We think it's high time to cast aside the artistic anachronism of the tradtional frame and embrace the new revolution in wall art... Join the Republic today!

The Future of Our Perspex Art Range

Canvas Republic are committed to creating amazing artwork and supplying our customers in record time. Inevitably, this requires some changes to our products and We feel that we will better placed to serve our customers by focussing on our growing canvas art range.

However, we still want our customers to be able to access similarly high quality acrylic artwork. As the number of suppliers offer acrylic artwork grows, it becomes more difficult to ensure the quality of your purchase. Therefore, for the first time, we have decided to approve and recommend another retailer that shares our high production values.

Four Blank Walls were one of the original suppliers of Perspex Art in the market and share our passion for craftmanship. We have seen the high quality products they offer and would be happy vouch for their superb pieces.

Please see our perspex art page for more details...

Kids Canvas Prints Coming Soon...

OK, so you've got the living room, bedroom and hall beautifully adorned with Canvas Republic artwork. What about the nursery and kids' room?

We're now creating a vibrant range of designs that kids and adults alike will love. The range will feature captivating characters from some of the world's best illustrators, and you'll even be able to personalise this vivid range with your child's name or a message.

Bored of the standard kids imagery and movie characters found in the shops? We'd love to hear your suggestions for this exciting new range, so please get in touch with your ideas for subjects and colour schemes you'd like to see!

Crunch, Shmunch: Canvas Prices Lowered Today!

Regular readers of our news page will know that we've been busy behind the scenes in recent months. We've moved to a larger premises, and we're now delivering your canvas prints quicker than ever before...

One of our key goals has always been to provide great quality and value. The improvements we've made to our efficiency and the extra space we now have mean that we're now able to pass these savings onto you and actually lower our prices!

Now that's something you don't hear too often at the moment!

These price changes became effective today on single panel and three panel canvas art, and you can now get a 5ft x 3ft print for £69.99... outstanding value!

This isn't a temporary sale, although inevitably, the cost of materials has been rising. We hope to maintain these prices as long as we can for you but we would urge you to get in now to avoid disappointment... they might not last forever!

Check out the online shop for the latest prices...

Choosing Canvas Art Colour: It's In Our DNA!

We don't mean to be rude, but you are a primate. So are we, and it's very useful for choosing the colour of your canvas art!



One benefit of being an higher ape, apart from being (in most cases) highly intelligent, is that we are very sensitive to subtle differences in colour. Specifically, we have trichromatic colour vision, which enables us to distinguish red from green. Very useful if you're deciding between our Valencia I and Valencia II canvas prints, for example! It also means we're really good at picking between subtle reds and oranges.

The reasons for this speciality are still debated amongst biologists. It was long held that this enabled us to tell the difference between ripe and unripe fruit. Now, it has been found this type of vision also enables us to easily detect blushing and fear in the faces of mates and rivals. However, there may be an alternative...

Let us throw the Canvas Republic hat into the ring here and posit a third theory. Choosing the correct canvas art in the perfect colour is a strong, primal urge amongst modern humans. The desire to choose a beautiful stretched canvas print, in a stunning colour that coordinates perfectly with an interior is a powerful and instinctive drive.

We speculate that our subtle colour vision evolved much more recently than scientists think, probably since Canvas Republic have been creating vibrant and stylish canvas art.

This trait has enabled humans to better style their homes with impressive canvas prints. A home adorned with amazing artwork is a sure sign to rivals and mates alike that its owner is a prosperous, powerful and ferile individual, with exceptionally appealing genes!

So you heard it here first. Humans have recently evolved to appreciate the subtle toning of our exclusive range of canvas art! Why not get ahead of the competition and choose your own custom colour scheme? Most of our designs can be recoloured to your own colours, and we can help you pick if you're unsure. Email us for more details.

As for the theory, we won't hold our breath for a Nobel prize...

Our Secrets Revealed: Why Our Prices Are Still The Lowest!

We're often asked why we're so much cheaper than practically all the other canvas art companies in the UK. On our Live Chat service, for example, people regularly query the price of our large canvas prints and three part sets particularly, and wonder if there's anything inferior about the quality. The answer is always a resounding "No!"

We decided to write this article to reveal some of the reasons that we're able to offer such great quality canvasses whilst keeping prices down.

As part of our own product development, we regularly research the prices and materials used by other companies to make their canvasses. This includes the odd anonymous sample, of course! We find this is the best way to cut through the hype and misinformation that unfortunately still plagues the market.

We see lots of canvas art websites using tacky, fear-based marketing. We're sure you've seen them too:

"Make sure you don't buy from them, they print with ink that evapourates when you look at it!"

or

"Make sure you don't get a canvas from X, they don't use our patented magic varnish that protects your canvas from evil for XXXX years..."

It's disappointing to still see this sort of thing because it creates a general mistrust of everybody, and is often used simply to justify exorbitant prices.

As our customers know, we hate this approach, and prefer to offer full information about our products and how they are made on the website. The quality and construction of our pieces is well documented with the information and articles we provide on this news page, as well as our Quality Guide and Quick Guide. This allows anyone to make an informed choice for themselves, without being badgered into (or out of) anything.

We know. You're probably now thinking "this is all very well, but you promised secrets!" Well, there are a number of reasons why we are able to offer such high quality canvas prints at our trademark low prices...

Perhaps the main reason is our established infrastructure. Since our inception, we’ve grown steadily and now we work from our 5500 sq ft. facility in Leicester. This space allows our team to create more pieces each day whilst better organisation and efficiency leads to higher quality standards.

This growth also allows us to buy in more materials such as canvas and frames, and this buying power allows us to negotiate lower costs. We import directly from the best manufacturers so that we don’t have to rely on the stocks of UK suppliers. Passing these savings onto our customers benefits everybody in the long run.

With the odd exception, all our artwork is designed in-house, so we don’t have to include hefty artist royalties in the final price. Whilst our designs are exclusive and you won’t find them anywhere else, we don’t believe in charging a gallery price tag. Some may charge more for limited editions, but we’re not convinced that this increases value.

So now you know! We’re confident that Canvas Republic make the best quality, best value canvas prints available, so why not see our online shop for more details?

All You Need to Know About Sending Us Photos

As you can imagine, we're sent lots of photos every day and we're used to working with a range of images. Because of this, we are sometimes a little guilty of taking for granted that our customers know exactly what and how to send files to us!

One of the main concerns our customers have is whether their image is of sufficient quality to make a good canvas print. The image files we receive come from many sources, including digital cameras of all types and scans, and so vary in quality enormously.

Generally the larger the image, the better the print. Most images from digital cameras are much smaller in size than the canvas print they will be made into.

Unfortunately, judging whether an image will make a good quality print at a certain size is not as simple as just checking the file size. Many factors in how the image was created and how it was subsequently saved affect the overall quality and suitability for printing...

File Type: The format in which the file is saved. Formats such as JPEG use compression, which is a method for making the file smaller and easier to send.

Compression: The greater the compression used, the lower quality the image. Some types of compression give better results than others. High compression is easily recognised as blocky "artifacts", especially at the edges of detail in the picture.

Resolution: The total area or pixel size of an image can be expressed in a number of ways. You may see images referred to in sizes such as 1280 x 1024, which is the height x length in pixels. Size can also be measured in real world units such as inches or centimetres.

DPI: Dots Per Inch is linked to the image size. It refers to how much detail is saved per square inch of image. 72dpi is the standard for images that should look good on a monitor or the web. However, a 6 x 4" image will print smaller than this at 72dpi. Therefore, the standard DPI for printing at full size is 300dpi.

Interpolation: As most photos aren't as large as the desired print size, or at 300dpi, they must be enlarged. Digital enlargement requires the computer to stretch the pixels in the image apart, and then fill in the gaps with 'guessed' pixels.

Most popular graphics software is capable of interpolation, although most give unsatisfactory results at anything other than minor enlargements. This is because of the quality of the guesswork when filling in the extra detail depends on the quality of the interpolation software.

Imagine taking a photo of a book from a foot away. The book would fill the frame and even with a modest camera, you would be able to read the pages of the book. Now imagine taking another photo of the book from 20 feet away. The book would now be a tiny part of the photo and you wouldn't be able to read the words.

A piece of software like Photoshop could stretch the blurry, tiny book so it was the same size as in the first photo. However, it would have to make an approximation of what the words should be, which wouldn't be as accurate as taking a nearer photo.

This is why we ask our customers to leave any enlargements to us, rather than use software like Photoshop to artificially enlarge the image to a bigger size. We use specialist interpolation software to obtain the optimal result possible from the original image.

To complicate these quality issues even further, many popular photo album and email programs apply their own compression to images, reducing them in size and quality for easy sending.

As a quick rule of thumb, images over 1mb in size should give a good quality print at most canvas sizes. However, for a more accurate assessment, you can always send us your image so we can let you know whether it will be work as a Photo On Canvas...

Seen Our Square Canvasses?

Rectangular artwork, whether it is displayed portrait (tall) or landscape (wide), is an eminently popular format. It's great for large living room walls, and to make a centre-piece above a sofa or bed.

But have you considered a square piece? Square format canvas art has a symmetry in both directions, allowing for some creative display options on the wall. Many of our abstract square canvasses can be orientated in different ways and combined with each other with spectacular results.

We have chosen coordinating two-tone colour schemes and designs, so you really can mix and match them easily.

Why not try hanging two or three in a vertical line in a hallway, or a block of four to make a larger square in a kitchen area? The possibilities really are endless when you consider that we can also redesign any of our other canvas art into squares, even with your own custom colours...

Please see our square range for more details...

New Cascading Set Sizes

We've been asked a few times for a smaller version of the huge 92" span cascading sets and have added a brand new size.

The new cascading set size has a total width of 72", with each panel in the set measuring 12" wide. This smaller size provides a great way to have the look of the larger cascading sets on a smaller wall.

Please see the 5 Part Set gallery for more information...

New Customer Testimonials & Reviews Page

When we write about the canvas art we make, we really try to capture how great they look in real life. But then we would, wouldn't we? Perhaps we should really let our customers do the talking and let you know what they thought of their new Canvas Republic canvas prints...

To give you an idea of what our customers think, we decided to create a testimonials page for some of the feedback and reviews we receive regularly from our customers by email. We fully appreciate that a lot of people don't believe testimonial pages, and we have seen a lot of very suspect ones on our travels around the web (we'd really love to say who!)

However, we hope you'll be able to distinguish ours from the fakes and have included as much information as we can publish without intruding on people's privacy. If your comment appears but you would prefer it wasn't published on the site, please contact us and we'll remove it straight away.

As always, we welcome your comments and feedback, so let us know what you think of your new canvas art! For now, please click here to see the reviews and comments...

Proud Supporters of Breast Cancer Care

In November of last year, Laura Williams of Breast Cancer Care Cymru approached us about supporting her fundraising efforts for a Pink Ball charity event.

We were proud to support the event with a canvas art prize, and are delighted to announce that the Pink Ball raised £5001.25 for an important cause.

Breast Cancer Care is the UK's leading provider of information, practical assistance and emotional support for anyone affected by breast cancer. Every year they give direct support to over 22,000 people with breast cancer or breast health concerns through their helpline, person-to-person support and other direct services.

The charity is contacted for free almost two million times a year through their publications, website and outreach work.

Laura has informed us that after the success of last year’s event, she will be holding another this year. We’re delighted to be supplying a canvas art prize again this year, and if your business or employers would like to support the event, please contact Laura directly.

All proceeds from the event will be donated to charity.

Canvas Art Edge Types

One of the options on our Photo On Canvas product is edge type. This refers to how the sides of your canvas print are finished.

Perhaps the most popular option is the full Photo Wrap. This is when a portion of the edges of your image make up the sides of the finished canvas print. Photo Wrap really enhances the three-dimensional effect of canvas art.

When processing your image for photo wrap, we take into consideration whether there is anything important at the perimeter, such as a face. Many photos are taken close-up, and if this is the case, it can mean that a forehead or a chin may be wrapped around the sides of the piece; something that most find undesirable! If this is the case, a photo wrap may not be possible.

An alternative to the Photo Wrap is to have Solid Edges. Here, the photo only makes up the front face of the canvas, and the sides are made a solid colour such as white, black, grey, etc. This option also gives the piece a classy, refined look.

Visit the Photo On Canvas page to find out more...

Keeping Your Canvas Art Tight

You may well wonder what those strange little wedges are that come with your canvas art frame...

These wedges are to tension the print and we tap them into the stretcher bar frames in order to fully tighten your canvas print before shipping. The wedges work by pushing apart the unfixed corners of the frame slightly, making the canvas taut.

As with most woven materials, canvas won't stay this tight indefinitely and may relax a little over time. You may find after a year or so that your canvas art needs to be retightened slightly. Therefore, when choosing your canvas art, beware of non-adjustable, DIY frames; you may end up with a relaxed print in the future!

Our frames are easily adjustable with the supplied wedges. For occaisional retightening, place your canvas print face down on a soft, flat surface such as a carpet. Then simply tap the ends of each wedge lightly with a small hammer. Be sure not to over-tighten; a few light taps will normally suffice. Voilà!

For more information on the high quality frames we use, please see the quality page for more details...

How to Choose Large Canvas Art

Something a lot of our customers ask us is about size and scale. Purchasing your canvas art online gives the benefits of a wide range and excellent pricing, but it's sometimes difficult to appreciate how the different sizes will look in your own home.

Canvas Republic offer a huge range of different sized wall art, so it's now possible to pick the perfect size for your space.



To make this process easier, we added a sizing and scale diagram to the website. This diagram shows an average large sofa with a number of our popular sized canvasses above it.

The guide really gives you a good idea of scale and helps you to make the right choice of large canvas art for your rooms...

Track Your Order Progress Online

You can now track the progress of your order online with our new Order Tracking tool.



Using the tool is easy. All you need to enter is your Order Reference number, which can be found on your Payment Confirmation, and your email address.

The tool will then tell you what stage your order is at in seconds! The Order Tracking tool can be found on the contact page...

New Photo On Canvas Options!

Photo On Canvas is a personalised product and there is always scope for bespoke sizes and options...

We've found that many of you are looking for more adventurous options on your Photo On Canvas purchase, and 5 part sets are becoming more and more common as a request.

To cater for those who have longer, panoramic photos that would look great in this format, we've added a number of new options to the Photo On Canvas section. The monster 5 part 24 x 36" set should create a stunning center-piece in the largest rooms.

As ever, these options are eminently affordable, and are processed and finished to our exacting standards. Please see the Photo On Canvas page for more details...

Orders Now Despatched in 48 Hours

We're now despatching Canvas Art orders in 2 working days!

One of our main goals in 2008 was to improve our despatch time. We're always keen to hear your feedback, and we found that our customers were often delighted with our prices and quality, but would love to have received their order quicker.

In light of this, and our continued growth, we recently made the move to much larger premises. This has enabled us to increase our capacity, and create more canvas prints per day.

There are certain necessary exclusions from this super-quick despatch time, including Bespoke Colour Prints, Photo On Canvas, Garden Art and Perspex Art. These products include an element of personalisation and will continue to be despatched in 7-10 working days.

For full details on our new delivery policy, please see the Terms Page...

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...

Pay For Your Canvas Art Now With Google Checkout

We're delighted to say that we now accept Google Checkout payments for all canvas art in our online shop!

Google Checkout is a convenient and safe way of managing your payment cards when online shopping. You simply enter your details with Google once when you set up your account, and you can then simply pay at participating sites with just a few clicks. Simple.

As with Paypal, we're all in favour of any service which stops us from having to fish our dusty credit cards from our pockets and peer myopically at the numbers whilst trying to enter them on-screen!

To use Google Checkout to pay for your canvas art order with us, simply click the Google Checkout button on our checkout pages.

A Panoply of New Canvas Art Designs!

As promised, you can now find a large range of brand new canvas art designs in the shop.

We've been hard at work distilling the latest trends, colours and imagery into some great looking canvas art, including new floral, abstract and scenery canvas prints...

As always, you don't have to take our word for it on colour. If you'd like any of our canvas art designs in your own colours, don't hesitate to ask us!

For now, why not sneak a peek at the new canvas art available in our online shop!

As Supplied to Tesco Publishing Centre

Now, we wouldn't suggest for a moment you watch as much reality TV as we do. However, I'm sure you've spotted the latest show on Five - Breaking Into Tesco.

The programme features a group of culinary hopefuls, battling to get their recipe onto the shelves of Tesco, the worlds third largest retailer. We'd have to describe it as somewhere between Dragons Den and Masterchef!

Some months back, Canvas Republic were asked by Tesco to create a large number of canvas prints for their head office. The artwork features sumptuous shots of their food range, and can be seen extensively on the programme adorning the corridors of the Tesco Media Publishing Centre in Milton Keynes.

You can see Breaking Into Tesco next on the 24/03/08 at 9pm on Five.

Hanging Instructions For Canvas Print Sets Now Online

We've been including fitting instructions in deliveries of multi-panel canvas art sets for a while now, but unfortunately it's sometimes easy for these to get thrown away with the box!

In light of this, we've now put the all of the canvas print hanging diagrams on the website. The page also features some useful care advice, so please see the Hanging & Care page for more details on caring for your canvasses.

New Serrano Canvas Print Design

It may still be freezing outside but David Laurenson has designed new prints to warm the heart this Spring. Serrano features beautiful damask figuring rendered in rich, warm browns. A monochrome version is also provided as an ultra-chic alternative.



For this and other new designs, please see the 3 Part Canvas Art section of our Shop.

It Couldn't Last Forever...

Unfortunately, it had to end some time, and our massive Canvas Art Winter Sale ended on Monday. Thanks to all those who made it such a raging success. Sorry to those who narrowly missed out on their 20% off prints; we thought the extra few days would be long enough!



Don't be too downhearted though, as we're designing a plethora of new canvas prints as we speak. These new designs will ensure your space is looking fresh throughout 2008 and beyond, so keep your eyes peeled and check the shop regularly for new additions!

3 Days Left in the Winter Canvas Art Sale!

There's only three days left of our massive 20% off Winter Canvas Art Sale. Don't miss out!

We're sure you won't find a better value way to add some life to your walls anywhere on the internet, so check out our shop today and grab some bargains before the 1st!

Our Canvas Prints Recommended by Colin & Justin

After eradicating bad taste in countless homes in the UK, Colin and Justin are renowned for their lighthearted put-downs, boundless energy and impeccable taste.

Continuing their campaign in today's Sunday Mail, we're delighted that the design duo recommend our "great online gallery" for canvas art:

"If you want a modern, colourful living room, then an essential buy has to be a large piece of statement modern art.

What's more, one large single canvas can provide all the decor required without cluttering your walls the way a haphazard collection of images can.

Canvas Republic have a great online gallery with canvases from £19.99 for a 12x18in to £99.99 for a 36x60in."

Click here to read the entire article online.

4x Centre Courts of Canvas Printing Over Christmas!

Since we took delivery of our Z6100 - Hewlett Packard's new flagship fine art printer - 6 weeks ago, we've been amazed by the amazing colour and detail.

The Z6100 boasts 8 ink channels, with 3 different types of black ink to render superb black and whites. The results are simply superb!

The other great thing about this machine is the lightning speed with which it prints; something we certainly needed over Christmas and New Year! In the last 6 weeks alone, we've printed a staggering 26,293 square feet of canvas art!

That's the equivalent of almost 4 Wimbledon Centre Courts...!

Our Canvasses on 60 Minute Makeover

Don't miss the fifth series of the ever-popular 60 Minute Makeover on ITV!

You know the drill; thoughtful soul organises a home makeover for deserving friend/relative. Interior design nirvana is then achieved with the help of a professional designer and presenter Terri Dwyer (if you're struggling to remember what you've seen her in before, it's Hollyoaks.)

None were more deserving than Ron and Lil from Poole, who have had a pretty tough time with their son, Joe. He was born perfectly normal but at only two weeks old he contracted meningitis. Joe is now six years old and is severely brain damaged, needing constant care. Ron's sister Carol decided to give them a 60 Minute Makeover.

We supplied several canvas prints for the show and designer Richard Randall did a great job. If you'd like to to see the episode again, you watch it on the 60 Minute Makeover site.

So sit back, relax and watch the 60 Minute Makeover team do their thing!

Canvas Republic Are Moving!

There comes a time when your current place just isn't big enough any more and you need somewhere a little more spacious...

Thanks to the huge demand for our canvas art, we really don't have the space to do everything we need or would like at the moment, and seem to be tripping over each other lately! Luckily, we've spotted a massive 5500 square foot unit nearby, so we're packing up and heading out west!



We'll be moving in in the next couple of months, and we're really excited about the prospect of extra space. We're keen to increase our canvas art canvas print production, as well as establish our other products like perspex art and outdoor canvas art.



As you can see, it's a bit bare at the moment, so we'll be posting more pictures when we've licked it into shape!

We Can Custom-Colour Your Canvas Art

Whilst we try to offer as much variety in our canvas prints as possible, sometimes it may be difficult to find the perfect design in the right colours...

With Canvas Republic, it's not a problem! We can re-colour most of our canvas artwork to your requirements at no extra cost!



So whether you need a Strata print in duck egg blue and cool brown, or a Circles piece in hot pink and green, we're able to cater to your exact specifications. Contact us with your desired custom colours and we'll do our best to help.

Canvas Republic Team Up With Samsung

How does that mobile phone on your desk look? A little tired maybe? Not exactly the aspirational trophy it once was? Never fear! Canvas Republic have teamed up with Samsung on the launch of their new G800 mobile phone ...



With the G800, you can get even closer, with a sleek mobile camera that actually looks like a camera (lens cover and all.) The moments in your life worth remembering deserve to be captured. That's why the G800 is equipped with a 5mp camera sure to capture your moments with superior color, quality and clarity.

To celebrate the virtues of this amazing new phone, Samsung are offering a free Canvas Republic Photo On Canvas with every G800 purchased from an O2 store!

Click here to find your O2 store.

Don't Miss the 20% Off Winter Canvas Prints Sale!

Just a reminder to anyone who's not seen our Winter Canvas Art Sale... Don't miss out!



We're offering a massive 20% off all canvas art orders over £100 throughout January. Now you can really afford to treat your entire home to our vibrant canvas art!

Floral Impact Canvasses

One of our regulars Julie DaBell sent us a photo featuring a set of canvas prints we produced for her recently. This image really shows what's possible from Photo On Canvas:



Thanks again for sending the photo of the set in situ, Julie! It's great when we get to see where our pieces are displayed. If you have photos of your space with the Canvas Republic canvas art treatment, we'd love to hear from you.

Welcome to Canvas Republic News!

Welcome to the brand new Canvas Republic Blog! It's taken us a little while, but we've just installed a shiny new blog on our website...

On the this page, you'll be able to keep up with the latest designs, offers and news available from us. We'll be frequently updating with canvas art photos and information, so stay tuned!

Just as importantly, it will provide a means to make your voice heard... What canvas prints would you like to see more of on Canvas Republic?

We'll be opening the posts up to comments, and will be holding polls to find out which new designs you're looking for in 2008...