Arts for the Soul is a fine arts design and print studio founded by artist Sophie Crenshaw. We offer original oil, pastel, egg tempera paintings, art quilts, greeting cards and fine arts wide format giclee printing services. Please click on our resources button for links to artist information, giclee, egg tempera and other fine arts methods and processes.

We offer the following services:

Giclee Printing Services

We can photograph your original artworks, digital files, or scan 35mm slides and negatives into our computer using high quality cameras and scanners. These images will be digitally enhanced using sophisticated industry leading graphics software. High quality fine arts giclee prints on museum quality paper, inkjet fabrics, backlit film or canvas will be produced using state of the art Epson 9800 and Epson 4000 printers with pigmented inks to ensure long lasting images.

We can uniquely blend the traditional painting methods and modern digital processes to produce distinctive and highly customized artworks.We are in full compliance with US copyright laws so all copyrighted images need to have permission letter from their copyright holders.

Custom Fine Arts Greeting Cards

Using our fine arts greeting cards images or your supplied images, we can produce fine arts quality greeting cards with your personal messages for special occasions and holidays.

Custom Canvas Arts or Quilts

We will create custom oil, pastel or egg tempera portraits, paintings and art quilts from your specifications. Your supplied images can be in any of the following forms:

* Black and white, color photographs or digital files

* Specific section or image from home video images in 8mm, mini Dv or VHS format

* 35mm slides and negatives

Fine Arts Design

We represent a group of uniquely talented traditional fine arts artists, quilters, photographers, framers who can provide individuals or businesses with original artworks, commissioned paintings, custom art prints or quilts from your supplied images or ideas. We will work with you or your designers to compose digital images that fit your specific subject matter or intended effects.

Complete finishing services

Coating

As an option for all giclee prints on canvas, we will coat the canvas with 2 coats of industry leading clear shield coating product that protects the images from fading or damage due to sun ultra violet light, finerprint, water and chemical.

Stretching

We will provide gallery style stretching service on thick stretcher bars, finish the side edges with heavy body acrylic paint and provide a ready-to-hang works of art.

Stitching and Quilting

We also provide custom art prints onto inkjet fabrics that can be made into fine art quilts.

Location:

We are located in downtown Matthews, NC across from matthews post office at:

300 East John St Suite 154 Matthews, NC 28105

Phone: (704) 814-4330 Fax: (704) 845-9730

email: mysterlite@aol.com

Hours of Operation: Our business hours are from 9 - 2 PM Monday through Friday and by special appointment. Our gallery will open certain nights and weekends for special shows and events. Please click on our special event button from our home page for schedule.

Directions:

From I-485 East take Exit 52 for Matthews, follow "To Matthews" direction from sign at bottom of ramp onto West John street, continue for about 2 miles, turn left onto Park Square business complex across from Matthews post office, turn right to end of parking lot. We are the corner unit next to Vinnie's seafood restaurant.

From Charlotte, Take Monroe Rd eastward towards Matthews, Monroe rd will change name to West John St after HW51 Pineville/Matthews Rd intersection. Continue on John St for about 2 miles, turn right onto Park Square complex across from Matthews post office, turn right to end of parking lot. We are the corner unit next to Vinnie's seafood restaurant.