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 White Mountain School Artist CH Turner 1848 1908 Oil Canvas Hampton NH $449.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:30:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Bowang When The Sky Dreams Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop C57 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 spirit of the muse by dexter griffin lithograph $1,350.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:35:04 PDT Buy It Now for only: $1,600.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 original giclee painting art Vatican $2,500.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:36:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Antuque Reverse Painting Circa 1800 $89.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:36:41 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Lilian Working Lady Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop SF73 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE OIL PAINTING ST MARKS SQUARE VENICE ITALY $117.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:38:51 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 colorful Knife oil painting modern abstract art canvas K105 $9.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:40:28 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 original painting art flowers $149.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:42:54 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Wangke Waterfall in Forest Hand Painted Landscape oil painting bestbid shop F401 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE OIL PAINTING FRENCH CITY SQUARE 1960s 1970s Paris $139.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:42:56 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN JAMES GIBSON 24 x 18 CANVAS BOARD CA1980 NR START BID 1000 $1,000.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:45:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Indingo With Fruit $250.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:46:37 PDT Buy It Now for only: $300.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Wangke Yellow River Modern Hand Painted Landscape oil painting bestbid shop F402 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 8 Galloping Horses Chinese Inkbrush Painting Art $9.98 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:47:08 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Kincaid Clarence SR Signed Oil Painting Art $800.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:50:05 PDT Buy It Now for only: $900.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Linde Martin Abstract Sound of a Soul $3,000.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:53:15 PDT Buy It Now for only: $5,000.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Leike Desert View Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop D172 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 DUCKS Over LAKE Oil Painting $39.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:56:34 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Peter Max Better World III $7,000.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:57:08 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 original painting art Morning Tea $1,899.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 6:58:20 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Lilian Sexy Girl Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop SE656 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Gossip ladies vintage painting oil on canvas talking ladies $39.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:00:01 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Antoinette M Slick Original Watercolor Painting Framed $399.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:03:16 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 BARN in Snow Oil Painting $45.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:03:34 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Wangke Great Waterfall Hand Painted Landscape oil painting bestbid shop F405 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 William Ladd Taylor Original Painting Oil Chalk Dated 1880 Old Antique Vintage $248.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:05:32 PDT Buy It Now for only: $460.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Fred Cleveland Orginal Oil Painting On Canvas 1980s Absolutely Gorgous $250.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:05:54 PDT Buy It Now for only: $300.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Marc Chagall wedding painting art $299.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:07:08 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 DSynthia Quiet Morning Hand Painted Landscape oil painting bestbid shop E972 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 OLD SPANISH CONQUISTADOR FRAMED OIL PAINTING 2625 X 21 ARTWORK $26.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:08:22 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Fruit wine tankard still life country signed ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS by Dickson $5.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:09:29 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Countryside Garden Trees Pond Original 24x36 Landscape Oil Painting Hand Painted $79.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:13:09 PDT Buy It Now for only: $159.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Wangke Wonderland Modern Hand Painted Landscape oil painting bestbid shop F406 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Along the River Watercolor Painting ATTRACTIVE 1946 $19.95 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:16:30 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Ocean Beach Light House Birds Seascape Oil Painting 24x36 100 Hand Painted New $49.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Old Sailing Ships Canon Fire Sea Battle 24x36 Oil Painting 100 Hand Painted New $125.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $250.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Wangke Great Waterfall Hand Painted Landscape oil painting bestbid shop F403 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Old Windmill on River Original 24x36 Landscape Oil Painting 100 Hand Painted $75.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $150.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Fruit Bowl Grapes Apples 24x36 Still Life Oil Painting 100 Hand Painted New $29.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $59.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Venice Italy Canal Gondola Bridge 24x36 Knife Oil Painting 100 Hand Painted New $59.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $120.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 DSynthia Beautiful Country Modern Landscape oil painting bestbid shop E962 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Wild Exotic Tigers in Jungle 36x48 Original Oil Painting 100 Hand Painted New $200.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $650.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Old Paris Street Eiffel Tower Horse Drawn Carriage 24x36 Knife Oil Painting New $59.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $120.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Mountains Lighted Cabin Stream Light Reflections 24x36 Oil Painting $75.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $150.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Framed Huge Hand Painted Cherry Blossom Landscape Flowers Oil Painting Php613 $199.99 End Date: Saturday Jun-23-2012 20:28:13 PDT Buy It Now for only: $199.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Original Flowers in Vase 24x36 Floral Knife Oil Painting 100 Hand Painted New $59.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $120.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Old oil painting Man with tulband signed H Munnik $500.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:37 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Old French oil on canvas landscape painting 08274 $495.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:17:40 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Abstract Portrait Painting On Canvas Orange Yellow Palette Knife Osnat $520.00 End Date: Sunday Jun-3-2012 18:02:27 PDT Buy It Now for only: $520.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Handmade Contemporary Huge Art Landscape Flowers Oil Paintings On Canvas Bhp770 $24.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:18:06 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage water spout with wild flowers daisy hand painted canvas framed Viola $19.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:19:59 PDT Buy It Now for only: $39.99 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Landscape mountain scene oil painting sighned $89.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:22:11 PDT Buy It Now for only: $149.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Wangke Waterfall Modern Hand Painted Landscape oil painting bestbid shop F404 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Still Nature By Houston Impressionist 1979 16x14 inches Yellows of Spring $250.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:23:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage oil on canvas original signed $19.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:24:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Joseph Feuerborn oil painting vintage oil painting horse carriage $3,800.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:25:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $5,000.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Flowers Party Modern Hand Painted Floral oil painting bestbid shop A444 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 chinese small peasant painting working hard red pepper 98x98 gouache art $9.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:26:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage oil on canvas original signed $19.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:26:44 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Impressionist Cityscape Oil Painting Pair Paris Moulin Rouge Signed Listed $1,650.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:28:29 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Bowang Love Story Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop C915 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Art handicrafts oil paintingBlack dress woman 24x36 $0.60 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:30:18 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING WESTERN SCENE INDIAN ON HORSEBACK IN SNOW SIGNED $199.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:30:44 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 High quality oil paintingShip 24x36 $0.90 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:32:07 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Bowang Happy Life Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop E189 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 LOGANSPORT INDIANA H HARGROVE LIMITED EDITION TRAIN PAINTING $59.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:32:41 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Gunther Wolf Dying Birch1969 original signed and dated $186.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:33:39 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING WESTERN SCENE INDIAN ENCAMPMENT W MEN ON HORSES $175.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:34:03 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Bowang Untitled Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop E380 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Morris Katz 1997 Signed Oil Painting Venice Canals Gondola Italy Gilt Framed Art $369.95 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:34:28 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 AMAZING PEACOCK AND PIGEONS RARE MUSEUM QUALITY PAINTING FREE BAROQUE FRAME $249.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:35:15 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 IMPRESSIONIST THE HOLLAND LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING BY KNIFE BAROQUE MUSEUM FRAME $169.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:35:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Harmony Abstract original painting bestbid shop D767 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Signed C Marko Marko Karoly The Younger Hungary 1822 1891 Landscape Painting $1,595.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:35:38 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 RUSSIAN SUMMER PORTRAIT OF THE GIRL WITH THE BOOK AT THE WINDOW ORIGINAL OIL $189.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:36:23 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 AMAZING OLD EUROPEAN WINTRY CITYSCAPE RARE QUALITY OIL PAINTING BAROQUE FRAME $189.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:36:27 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 GuoGuo Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop F426 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 IMPRESSIONIST THE ROSES BOUQUET OIL PAINTING BY KNIFE BAROQUE MUSEUM FRAME $169.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:36:32 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Coastal Florida Oil Painting Poinciana Dreaming Highwaymen Style M Stanford $227.50 (3 Bids) End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:37:01 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 PASTEL AND WATERCOLOR SIGNED CLAUDE MONET WONDERFUL COLORS $345.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:38:38 PDT Buy It Now for only: $395.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Painting Face Abstract Puerto Rico Cuban Josevelio Jose evelio Art $275.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-23-2012 15:58:18 PDT Buy It Now for only: $275.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 OLD VINTAGE PAINTING $99.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:39:03 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 chinese painting bee birds flowers 16x16 ORIGI oriental traditional art brush $9.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:40:14 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 art oil paintingclassical still life of flowers 24x36 $0.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:41:33 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 GuoGuo Stay Together Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop F126 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA MADONNA OF SENIGALLIA OIL PAINTING LTD REPRODUCTION ITALY $99.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:42:12 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Dockside Framed Original Watercolor Painting by Gladys Faris $500.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:42:32 PDT Buy It Now for only: $600.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS BY BAMBI PAPAIS FROG ACE OF SPADES $1,200.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:42:55 PDT Buy It Now for only: $1,550.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 GuoGuo Modern Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop E394 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 INK AND WATERCOLOR ABSTACT DRAWING PAINTING SIGNED JOAN MIRO WONDERFUL COLORS $85.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:44:38 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 INK AND WATERCOLOR ABSTACT DRAWING PAINTING SIGNED JOAN MIRO WONDERFUL COLORS $85.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:46:29 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Roy Reece Original oil painting farm landscape 24 X 36 framed $900.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:47:04 PDT Buy It Now for only: $995.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Leike Dancing Together Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop E898 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 0:26:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 BOBBIE DEUELL OIL HORSE RACING PAINTING GLORIOUS RAJ $950.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:47:23 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Art Handmade Beautiful Cherry Blossom Flowers Oil Painting On Canvas Ehp675 ny $24.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:48:15 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 HISTORICAL PORTRAIT OF LORD NELSON MUSEUM QUALITY OIL PAINTING BAROQUE FRAME $249.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:48:17 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Modern Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting w Palette Knife Osnat $420.00 End Date: Sunday Jun-3-2012 18:25:26 PDT Buy It Now for only: $420.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 RARE QUALITY PORTRAIT OF THE OLD SAILING STEAMSHIP OIL SEASCAPE BAROQUE FRAME $149.00 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 7:48:22 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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Canvas Transfers: Affordable way to Original Paintings
As art and framing retailers know well, even the most inexpensive poster looks fantastic when dressed up in fine mats and mouldings. But with the right materials, retailers can take this process one step further. They can give a paper print the look of an original by transferring it onto canvas.
Because the look of canvas transfers often suggests the look of an Original Painting, they have garnered the attention of art buyers and sellers everywhere. "Canvas transfers have been extremely popular for us. They haven't overtaken limited-edition prints in terms of sales, but they really come on strong," said Matt Wysocki, son of the late artist Charles Wysocki and director of The Charles Wysocki Gallery in Lake Arrowhead, Calif. "Often, customers will reserve a limited-edition print, but when they come into the gallery to pick it up, they'll see a canvas transfer and say, `Oh, I want that instead!'"
Greg Panjian, president of Old Grange Graphics in Somersville, Conn., agreed that it's the look of the canvas transfers that stops many art buyers in their tracks. "When customers hold the paper print in one hand and the canvas transfer of the same print in the other, they find it remarkable" he said. "People who have seen them love them, because it brings the art back to what its original looks like."
Whether a retailer creates them in-house or purchases them from an outside vendor, canvas transfers can be a profitable addition to an art and framing business. Not only do they encourage upgraded framing sales, but they also offer customers an attractive and more precious alternative to paper prints, allowing them to own the look of an original without breaking the bank.
Affordable and Available
When explaining canvas transfers to customers, retailers should note the difference between a giclee on canvas, a Canvas Print and a canvas transfer. A giclee on canvas, for example, is created when ink is applied directly to canvas using a high-resolution ink-jet printer. A canvas print is created when inks are applied directly to canvas using offset printing techniques.
A canvas transfer, however, is created when the image is literally "lifted" from a paper print, such as a poster or limited-edition print, and transferred to a canvas substrate. (See "Tips for Transfers," opposite page.) What distinguishes a canvas transfer from other prints on canvas is its texture, which often gives it an uncanny resemblance to an original painting. In addition, brushstrokes are often added to enhance the image and mimic the look of an original painting.
A transfer can be created through a hot-transfer method, in which the image is lifted off its paper backing using a special laminate and transferred to a canvas substrate with a heat press. Or, a transfer can be made using a cold transfer method, in which the image on paper is sprayed with a solution, soaked in water, peeled from the substrate and hand-rubbed onto a canvas surface.
Haddad's Fine Arts in Anaheim, Calif., has been creating canvas transfers since they were first introduced 30 years ago using the cold-transfer process, explained President Paula Haddad. The company does transfers of its own artists' images and provides transferring services to outside customers as well. "We've always made canvas transfers by hand, with no mechanized processes," she said. The finished product "has a shiny, varnished look to it, very much like an Original Oil" she added.
This original look at an affordable price is a primary reason for the appeal of canvas transfers among customers: The cost of a canvas transfer is usually only a few hundred dollars, a fraction of the cost of many artists' originals,
But canvas transfers offer another important perk to collectors: availability. Many customers may wish to own the original of a beloved image by a favorite artist, but a truly original work can be owned by only one person. A limited-edition of canvas transfers, however, is available to many buyers, explained Wysocki.
"For example, my mother loved an image my dad had done long ago of Noah's ark, but the original was not available," he said. "She had a canvas transfer made for a wall at home. It's not the original, but it looks eerily close to it." And like limited editions on paper, canvas-transfer editions are often signed and numbered on the back of the canvas, giving it an extra cachet among collectors.
The Transfer Advantage
Canvas transfers offer retailers the chance not only to sell more posters at an upgraded price, but also to generate additional revenue by creating transfers of their customers' own photographs and artwork. Many art and framing retailers have brought the canvas transfer process in-house to provide customers a value-added service. (Note: Because a canvas transfer can be considered a copyright infringement, it's important to obtain permission from the copyright holder before transferring any poster, Limited Edition print, or professionally taken photograph not in the public domain. (See "Keep an Eye on Copyright," opposite page.)
As art and framing retailers know well, even the most inexpensive poster looks fantastic when dressed up in fine mats and mouldings. But with the right materials, retailers can take this process one step further. They can give a paper print the look of an original by transferring it onto canvas.
Because the look of canvas transfers often suggests the look of an original painting, they have garnered the attention of art buyers and sellers everywhere. "Canvas transfers have been extremely popular for us. They haven't overtaken limited-edition prints in terms of sales, but they really come on strong," said Matt Wysocki, son of the late artist Charles Wysocki and director of The Charles Wysocki Gallery in Lake Arrowhead, Calif. "Often, customers will reserve a limited-edition print, but when they come into the gallery to pick it up, they'll see a canvas transfer and say, `Oh, I want that instead!'"
Greg Panjian, president of Old Grange Graphics in Somersville, Conn., agreed that it's the look of the canvas transfers that stops many art buyers in their tracks. "When customers hold the paper print in one hand and the canvas transfer of the same print in the other, they find it remarkable" he said. "People who have seen them love them, because it brings the art back to what its original looks like."
Whether a retailer creates them in-house or purchases them from an outside vendor, canvas transfers can be a profitable addition to an art and framing business. Not only do they encourage upgraded framing sales, but they also offer customers an attractive and more precious alternative to paper prints, allowing them to own the look of an original without breaking the bank.