Kirsty Mitchell’s Wonderland Exhibition at Mead Carney
Kirsty Mitchell is currently displaying 18 images from her fantastically successful ‘Wonderland’ photographic series at the prestigious West London art gallery, Mead Carney. It’s safe to say that this is an enormous show in every respect, with many of her prints reaching 2 metres in length. The tiny details that Kirsty packs into every last square inch of her images are completely deserving of such large prints. The costumes and props used throughout Wonderland are all designed and handcrafted by Kirsty and her close...
read moreReproduction of Heirloom Artworks
Recently at Fine Art Solutions, we have seen a number of clients come to us with artworks and documents that have been passed down from generation to generation and hold huge sentimental value for the entire family that they belong to. Because of this, more than one family member may wish to own the heirloom in question or it may be that the heirloom is too precious and fragile to be kept on display where it could be accidentally damaged. We are able to help by creating reproductions to such a precision that they are almost indistinguishable...
read moreIntroducing Our New Framing Showroom
Having recently expanded our premises, we our pleased to present our new Framing Showroom. We now have hundreds of frames and moulding samples in a huge range of different styles, colours and finishes for our customers to choose from. We have everything from very small and simple frames to suit your budget needs to large, centrepiece frames carved from a single piece of wood. Every last one of our frames is available in completely flexible and bespoke, tailor made sizing options. As always, we prefer to offer our undivided attention to our...
read moreReproducing the Texture and Finish of an Artwork
Capturing the look and feel of an original artwork within a giclée is one of the most difficult aspects of fine art reproduction. Our aim has always been to – as far as possible – convince the viewer that they are not seeing ink on paper, but rather paint strokes sitting proud on a canvas, carefully applied gold leaf reflecting the light or the built up layers of a collage; each one over lapping the other. This level of accuracy comes from many carefully controlled aspects of our reproduction workflow: from adapting our 3D...
read moreArtist Spotlight: Maxine Whittaker
Maxine Whittaker – The Woman behind The Shivlings www.maxineshivling.com Maxine Whittaker is a self-taught artist currently living in Berkshire. Born in 1971, Maxine grew up in a small Derbyshire village. Her love affair with art started at the tender age of eight when she created her fantasy friends ‘The Shivlings’, since then her talent has blossomed into a career in art. Taking inspiration from the wonderful world of female life and all that it means to be a woman, her captivating collection of decorated pen and ink artwork...
read moreiPad Artist Spotlight: Paul Bloomer
iPad art turned into Fine Art Prints by Fine Art Solutions In the last few months we’ve had an increasingly large number of new customers for fine art giclées and limited edition prints to be produced from artworks created digitally using tablets and smartphones. While such software as Adobe Photoshop has been used to produce original art for many years and is accepted as an art form in it’s own right, with many successful artists, it is a relatively new concept to create fine art using more portable formats such as smartphones...
read moreArtist Spotlight: Tony Karpinski
Tony Karpinski is a an extremely talented and popular artist, renowned for his exquisitely detailed, photo-realistic oil paintings primarily of African Wildlife, but also of beautiful nudes and atmospheric scenes of Venice and India. Not only is Tony a very successful artist, but he is also one of the most interesting people you are likely to meet – he dedicates a lot of his time and artwork to charity, with one of his original paintings being donated to a cancer research charity each year! Tony has been working closely with...
read moreCertificates of Authenticity and Holograms
The Fine Art Solutions’ Certificate of Authenticity is designed to provide our clients with added security in the reproduction of artwork or photographs and to reduce the risk of forgery. The text and layout of the certificate can be created individually, to reflect the piece of art and yourself as the artist. Often, clients will then add the certificate to the back of a mounted or framed print when sold. Each certificate is made of Hahnemühle’s premium, deckle edged, mould made paper with the Hahnemühle watermark. The Fine Art...
read moreArtist Spotlight: William Thomas
Following his recent, successful exhibition at Canvas Wimbledon, William Thomas is already negotiating possible dates for 2013 exhibitions, while his work is continuing to be shown at Galerie Jane Griffiths in Val d’Isere, with plans for a solo show there later this year. William spends much of his time in the mountains of France, where he combines his passion for painting and his love of skiing. His works consist of many large scale oil paintings, including a recent painting, ‘Haute Route’ which measures 3m x 1.5m (as seen...
read moreArtists and Illustrators Magazine’s Artist of the Year, 2012 is….
Take a bow, Linda Alexander! Linda is a fantastic artist and a fully deserving winner of this prestigious accolade. She was awarded the title for her entry into the Still Life category: ‘Physalis’, as seen below. Linda’s artwork was chosen from over 4000 entries into this competition, the shortlist of which can be viewed here. We’re big fans of Linda, and are always stunned by every new piece of art that she produces. Fine Art Solutions produce all of Linda’s limited edition fine art canvas and paper...
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