Imagine the expression on your wife’s face this anniversary when she opens your gift of a custom digital painting on canvas of her favorite photograph… the one of the two of you on vacation in Italy, overlooking the winery you visited.  Not just a photo enlargement, but a painting rendition printed on canvas.  This is not your average anniversary present, but one that shows how much you care - a true one-of-a-kind gift that she will cherish for years to come.

Sounds expensive doesn’t it?  A real oil painting made by an artist from a photo might cost over $1000, probably much more.  However, using the latest imaging technology, this can be done digitally, printed on real canvas and stretched on an internal wood frame “gallery-style” for about a $100!  It’s simple to do, just go to www.PhotoArtPeople.com and upload your photo image to the website, pick your style and size and place your order.  About a week later your canvas will arrive, ready to hang right out of the box.

The process is nearly as amazing as the final result.  Here’s how it’s done behind the scenes.  Everything all starts with your favorite photograph, preferably a digital image.  The photo is uploaded to our website where a Photoshop-certified artist examines each incoming image.  Touch ups and enhancements to correct weak color or contrast are performed at no charge.  Once the photo is perfect, the real magic starts.  Each artist, using a digital paintbrush, manually transforms the photo into a digital painting.  Great care is taken to retain the sparkle in the eyes and the texture of the skin, just like a real oil painter. No quick Photoshop artistic filter like some of the others!  Each customer order is individually handled by an artist.

The digital painting is then printed directly on real museum-grade canvas, sprayed with a protective laminate to make it last up to 100 years, and stretched “gallery-style” over an internal wood frame, ready to hang.  No extra frame is needed. The canvas texture gives the image depth and the digital painting technique makes it look like a real painting costing a lot more.

Really any photo can be transformed into a painting - pets, travel pictures, baby photos, wedding portraits are among the most popular.  They all make great keepsakes.  One of our customers had a beautiful painting made of her beloved pet dog that had just passed away. She was simply overwhelmed.

And they aren’t just for anniversaries.  Perfect for birthdays, special occasions, holidays, or for no reason at all.

So this year make your gifts memorable.  Not only will they remember and cherish your gift of a photo canvas painting, but they will remember who gave it to them and talk about you for years.

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