Landscape paintings from your photos
The lake you grew up on. The cabin. The beach at sunset. The farm. Upload the photo and see it as an oil or watercolor painting in about a minute, free. Then we print it on canvas for your wall.
Canvas from $55 for 8x10; 18x24 is $109. Shipping included. You see the painting before you pay.
Example: a photo of a mountain lake, painted in watercolor.
A landscape painting from a photo starts with a picture of a real place, like a lake, a mountain view, a beach, a cabin, a house or a farm, and turns it into a painting for your wall. Canvas Memories paints your photo with AI in oil, watercolor, acrylic or impressionist style and shows you a free preview. If you order, we print it on stretched canvas with archival, UV-resistant inks. Canvas prices run from $55 (8x10) to $215 (30x40), shipping included, and US orders usually arrive in 5–9 business days.
What to paint
Photos of places are some of the most popular photos people turn into paintings with us, and most have nobody in them. Here’s what works for each kind of place.
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Still water, the dock, the tree line on the far shore. Lake photos make calm, detailed paintings. If you have a shot from the end of the dock or the cabin porch, start with that one.
Try watercolor for a quiet morning and oil for a warm evening.
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Big views often look flat on a phone. Paint gives them their depth back. A little foreground helps, like trees, a trail or a fence line.
Impressionist handles sky and snow well.
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Sunsets never look on a phone the way they did in person. Watercolor softens the sky back toward what you remember. Keep the horizon in the frame. A slightly dark photo is fine.
Watercolor for soft light, acrylic for bold color.
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The house you grew up in, the one you just bought, the barn and the fields behind it. Daylight photos taken from the front work best, with the whole building and a strip of sky in the frame.
Oil suits old wood, brick and pasture; watercolor suits bright painted houses.
The places you love
Some of the best landscape paintings have one small figure in them, doing the thing they love. The first cast of the morning. The walk up the 18th fairway. The wave they finally caught. If the person is part of the place, leave them in. If not, the spot on its own works just as well.
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Sizes and prices
Landscapes hold up well at large sizes. The canvas sizes people choose most for places are 18x24 and 30x40. Every price includes shipping.
| Canvas size | Good for | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8 x 10 inA shelf or a desk | A shelf or a desk | $55 |
| 11 x 14 inA small wall or a hallway | A small wall or a hallway | $60 |
| 16 x 20 inAbove a dresser or a desk | Above a dresser or a desk | $95 |
| 18 x 24 inMost walls | Most walls | $109 |
| 24 x 36 inAbove a sofa or a bed | Above a sofa or a bed | $159 |
| 30 x 40 inAbove a fireplace, or a big empty wall | Above a fireplace, or a big empty wall | $215 |
Stretched canvas, about 1.25 inches deep, arrives ready to hang. It also comes framed (from $79), as a poster (from $24) or as a metal print. A 4K digital download is $9.99. See every size and product
Prices are in US dollars. In Canada, the UK, the EU and Australia you’ll see prices in your own currency.
Any photo of the place, straight from your phone. Older photos work too.
Oil, watercolor, acrylic and impressionist each look different on the same view. Try two or three.
Your preview is ready in about a minute. You only pay if you order.
Printed on stretched canvas with archival inks. US orders usually arrive in 5–9 business days, shipping included.
Yes. Upload the photo, pick a style and you'll see the painting in about a minute, free. Lake houses and cabins work well because of the water, the dock and the trees around them. If you like the preview, we print it on stretched canvas and ship it to you, or straight to someone else as a gift. Canvas starts at $55.
No. A photo of just the place makes a complete painting, and most of the landscape photos people send us have nobody in them. If someone is part of the memory, like a person on the dock or a surfer on the beach, leave them in.
Go bigger than you think. Landscapes hold up well at large sizes, and 18x24 ($109) and 30x40 ($215) are the canvas sizes people choose most for places. Above a sofa, a bed or a fireplace, 24x36 ($159) or 30x40 fills the space. For a desk, a shelf or a hallway, 11x14 or 16x20 ($95) is plenty. Shipping is included in every price.
Both work, for different moods. Oil gives deep color and the look of thick brushstrokes, which suits mountains, farms, forests and evening light. Watercolor is lighter and softer, which suits lakes, beaches, sunsets and snow. Impressionist is looser and more colorful, and acrylic is bold and bright. The preview is free, so try more than one on the same photo before you decide.
Yes. Vacation photos work the same way: upload the photo, choose a style and see the preview free. Coastlines, mountain views, city streets and sunsets all make good paintings. Our page on turning vacation photos into art has more ideas.
Yes. At checkout, tick "This is a gift", enter their name and address and write a message. We ship it straight to them with your message printed on the packing slip. If you'd rather wrap it yourself, ship it to your own address instead.
No. Your photo is painted by AI in the style you choose, and you see the result before you pay. We then print it on stretched canvas with archival, UV-resistant inks. That's why it costs far less than a commissioned painting.
Printing takes 2–5 business days. In the US, orders usually arrive 5–9 business days after you order. Canada, the UK, the EU and Australia take 8–17 business days. Shipping is included in the price.
Try it anyway. The preview is free, and a painting doesn't need every detail of the photo. Very dark or very small photos give weaker results, so use the clearest version you have.
Upload the photo, try a style or two and see it as a painting in about a minute. It’s free to look.
Canvas from $55 for 8x10; 18x24 is $109. Shipping included.
