Exporting the African Experience ( http://www.printsofafrica.com )
One couple is taking the essence of Africa’s stunning beauty and creating an online source for canvas prints that brings to life the continent’s finest natural wonders.
Memories of oversees trips remain the pleasures we hold to when looking back on a fun-filled experience, especially in exotic destinations like the African continent.
But fuzzy photos and small memorabilia are relegated to cupboards or small corners on the mantelpiece all too often, only to be observed occasionally. However, one UK couple is seeking to change all that, bringing a new brand of fresh and visible African prints that make the memories part of any home or work space.
Serial entrepreneur Barry Cowler and his wife, Mary, are founders of Prints of Africa, one of the globe’s most exclusive canvas companies online. Their launch six months ago follows close on forty years of business experience.
Drawing on unique images from professional photographers traveling the continent, the couple are bringing alive the treasures of Africa with a selection of over 500 of the most unique images captured. While having originally intended a retirement after decades of success in business, a passion for African art has turned into a top international online company for the Cowlers, one which now caters to a global market.
“Our canvas print images are sourced from professional photographers working in Africa and given exclusively to us,” says Barry as he comments on those out in the field who capture the wildlife and natural beauty on film for the final product.
With a wide spectrum and diversity of photographs of scenic beauty and wildlife constantly coming in, the couple is quickly creating one of the largest and most sought-after online selections, with canvas sizes for individual prints on offer range from 210×297mm through to approximately to 420×594 mm.
Why did we choose Kreatif to build our web site?
We knew of Retha van Staden from her company Treasureafrica on the internet as an agency for accommodation in the Cape Town area and felt we had a definite rapport with her.
We met the team from Kreatif and were immediately impressed with their positive attitude and exuberance with a keenness to ‘get on with the job’.
We had researched numerous web sites over a period of time and felt that none of the sites we visited matched up to the professionalism of the sites that had been built by Kreatif.
From the very beginning we were entirely happy with the teams business like approach coupled with a friendly and easy attitude to our concerns and aspirations. They seemed to get the ‘hang’ of what we wanted from a web site ‘spot on’. We were confident that placing our business ‘in their hands’ would produce an excellent site.
We are thrilled with the completed http://www.printsofafrica.com web site and consider it to be a stunning web site thanks to all the efforts and input of the team at Kreatif.
Barry and Mary Cowler