Shakespeare's Globe art canvas print has been produced from original artwork by North East artist Emily Ward. Emily hand finishes each canvas print with her characteristic splashes of paint making it individual to you.
Emily's art canvas print opens with a burst of color at the base, where dotted pastels dominate the foreground. Purples, pinks, yellows, and blues are depicted through daubs and flecks of paint, forming a vibrant carpet. Specks rise into the sky, blurring the line between flowers and air.
Beyond this joyful ground, the theatre takes shape as a circular building, its timber-framed walls painted in white and dark brown. A thatched roof, glowing in golden tones, crowns the structure.
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Shakespeare's Globe
The Globe Theatre
, created in 1599, was the product of Shakespeare’s company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Built from timber salvaged from a previous playhouse, it quickly became the centre of London’s theatrical life. With its open-air design, circular structure, and wooden galleries, it could hold an audience of around 3,000 people, from groundlings standing in the pit to nobles in the balconies. Many of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, were first performed there, establishing the Globe as the stage most closely tied to his career.
Its story, however, was marked by misfortune. The theatre burned down in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII when a stage cannon set fire to the thatched roof, but it was rebuilt within a year. Closed permanently by the Puritans in 1642 and later demolished, the Globe disappeared for centuries until American actor Sam Wanamaker spearheaded its modern resurrection. The reconstructed Globe, completed in 1997 on London’s South Bank, now functions as both a working theatre and a cultural monument, offering audiences a rare chance to experience Shakespeare in an environment close to his own time.
Canvas prints
Each Canvas Print is hand finished by North East Artist Emily Ward. So although your canvas is actually a print no two prints are identical. Emily hand finishes the canvas prints by adding extra paint to the print.
Canvas Prints are available in two different formats
Rectangle
Square
The canvas is mounted on a wooden frame. The wooden frame is approximately 2cm deep so will fit snugly against any wall.
Canvases are available in various sizes. Each size can be chosen above on the website.
All inks used for each canvas print are guaranteed not to fade.
