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Postage costs are visible at the checkout stage. Be aware that for overseas shipments, these postage costs incorporate all export tariffs and taxes.

Direct, offline bank-transfer payments only. Like an old fashioned factory!

Within the UK – five to seven days.

To the the EU & USA, the three day delivery service I pay for takes about nine working days, in my experience.

About three weeks, plus delivery. Its the drying that takes the time.

After the ‘PLACE ORDER’ button is pressed, a confirmation and invoice will be emailed to you. That email contains the payment details.

On receipt of payment, I receive a notification and the panels are shipped on a three day service (which usually goes six days slower)

Yes, of course. It is immediately auto generated & contains bank details for payment after which, delivery occurs.

These are the six most popular painting sizes throughout Europe, the British Isles and the USA. These are the most commonly sold sizes in galleries. These are the most popular canvas sizes in art supply stores.

Other sizes and bigger than 20″ x 30″ I can do on a bespoke service. You won’t be charged a premium, but I require a minimum order of £300 ($400 USD & €350 EURO – all of which attract free postage.)

Standing upright. You can stand them like books on a shelf or, when they’re wet, like the image below.

No. This would compromise the integrity of the edge of the panel and shatter the gesso.

These panels take most artists 8 – 10 dusty, messy hours each to make. To make a batch requires a lot of kit, lots of space and time. Asking me to do it at £10/hour ( €11.5/hour or $13/hour) is a good use of your time.

How do I manage to feed myself at £10/hour?

That’s a secret. I have skills. When I’m not making panels, I’m in Alaska with Napoleon & his Uncle hunting wolverines with a 12 gauge.

No. There is hide glue in my panels. Specifically, this glue is collagen extracted from hide and connective tissues, by-products of the food industry, not purpose-killed animals. I am sorry about that.

The alternative glue is plastic (acrylic polymer emulsions called styrene-acrylic copolymer or methyl methacrylate), all of which are toxic when wet, carcinogenic & teratogenic (harmful in pregnancy).

Because the ideas that you have and your ability to convey them are uncommon; they ought to pass into history. To do this, they need to be supported by material strength.

Dented paintings don’t sell and don’t get kept, as you may have already found out.

Today, all commercial canvases and panels are primed using acrylic ‘gesso’. This product is a highly complex aqueous medium containing an emulsion of micro plastics plus titanium dioxide, plus surfactants for stability, plus rheology modifiers to control flow, levelling and sag, plus chalk.

The 30% chalk is the single element within this mix which enables the subsequent acrylic or oil paint layers to mechanically bond with the acrylic substrate to prevent delamination. Think of acrylic ‘gesso’ as ultra-processed food – convenient but ghastly.

Real gesso ought to be 96% chalk, 4% glue. No other ingredients are necessary. Simple things last the longest.

Oil, tempera, gouache & acrylic. Not watercolour.