Much has been made of the great progress made by mankind.  There we were banging our flints together to get a tiny spark to light a fire and then within a short time, geologically speaking, we’re setting up the barbecue and smoking out the neighbours!  But has it all really been progress?  You know, it wasn’t so long ago you’d go into the nice warm bank to draw your money out while now you stand outside in the rain.  Once upon a time you had a nice check-in person at the airport to sort everything out and now, unless you want to queue forever, you check yourself in.  Once upon a time at the supermarket your goods were scanned and totalled up for you but now you use the so-called “fast lane” and scan and pack your own groceries etc rather than queue at the checkout.  Even the Inland Revenue have got in on the act and many self-employed business people now calculate their own tax.

At Artists UK, rather than try to buck the trend, we have decided to offer a similar new service in which we invite our customers to paint a picture, arrange their own printing of it, mount it, frame it and dispatch it to themselves (after they have paid us, of course).  Looking at all the progress that has been made by supermarkets, banks, airports and the Inland Revenue we feel sure that this new scheme will be a surefire hit