OPEN STUDIO - 22nd MAY - 6th JUNE

Vintage style paintings, prints and gifts by Dorset artist Richard Watkin

Vintage inspired South Coast paintings - retro travel prints - gifts

come and meet the artist during Dorset Art Weeks - 22nd May to 6th june

We are very excited to be taking part in Dorset Art Weeks which is where it all began for us in 2014. We will be throwing open the doors to our studio (and part of our house) for DAW and you will be able to view all the originals paintings we have available, a few of which will be on the walls for the first time! All our prints, notelets, postcards and gifts will be available at event prices and Richard will be painting so you'll be able to see how he works and chat to him about his technique.

Full details here

quality giclee retro travel prints

Our retro travel prints are created from Richards original paintings. He paints in a style reminiscent of the 1930s vintage travel posters and the original paintings are available to buy.

Our prints are printed by us at home on archival quality 100% cotton fine art paper with pigment based inks. 

Our images are not photoshopped to perfection, we want you to see the imperfect textured effect of the canvas, the brush strokes, the highlights and lowlights - after all nothing in life is perfect and we prefer things that way! 

Richard and Judi 

Reviews

Beautiful work turned into fantastic quality prints and merchandise. Richard's book is stunning! The depth of colour is unbelievable and the quality of the images is just amazing, you can even see the texture of the linen canvas. Not forgetting the fantastic customer service from Judi too.
Thank you so much.

Hi Richard, we had only seen screen shots of the pictures on your website at the time of our order, however, they look absolutely fantastic in real life! We were stunned when we opened up the rolls, very happy with all of the pictures, really good to see the detail & love the quality, variety and choice of colours. You've got a great talent! Excellent packaging and service, much appreciated. 
Pete Taylor

Dear Richard Thank you for the Mudeford print that arrived today. My parents used to take my brother and I every year and we stayed in a beach hut. I took my own children this weekend to visit (all hugely unchanged!) and your picture is the perfect reminder of somewhere special.
Kind regards Ally 


From painting to print

Measurements

We have taken into consideration that you may not want to go to the expense of having your prints professionally framed (although they do look great when they are!) so have kept to standard sizes, these all include an approximate 5mm white border -

A4 Prints - (paper size) 21cm x 29.7cm will fit 'off the shelf' A4 frames

A3 Prints - (paper size) 29.7cm x 42cm will fit 'off the shelf' A3 frames, but check frame measurement first

A2 Prints - (paper size) 42cm x 59.4cm will fit 'off the shelf' A2 frames

A6 Postcards - (card size) 148mm x 105mm will fit off the shelf frames if required

Greetings Cards - 5" x 7" (127mm x 177mm)