Artist Terms — Selling your art on Grand Canvas

Version 1.0 · Effective 8 August 2026 · Grand Canvas LTD ("Grand Canvas", "we", "us")

These Artist Terms govern your participation as an artist on grandcanvas.com (the "Platform"). They apply in addition to our general Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. By opening an artist studio, uploading a design, or accepting these terms during signup, you agree to be bound by them.

1. Your account and eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into contracts. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe and for everything done through your account. One person or legal entity per artist account.

2. Your work stays yours

You keep full ownership of the copyright in every design you upload. Nothing in these terms transfers ownership of your work to us.

3. The licence you give us

By uploading a design, you grant Grand Canvas a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing licence to: (a) reproduce your design as printed wall coverings and related made-to-measure products sold to customers; (b) crop, scale, colour-adjust and otherwise technically adapt the design as required for production and for customer-configured sizes; (c) display the design on the Platform, in room mock-ups, previews, digital proofs and our visualisation tools; and (d) use the design and your artist name in marketing for the Platform (including social media, newsletters and shopping feeds). This licence includes the right to sublicense to our production and fulfilment partners solely to produce and deliver customer orders. The licence is non-exclusive: you may sell the same design anywhere else.

4. What you promise about your work

For every design you upload, you warrant that: (a) it is your own original work, or you hold all rights needed to grant the licence above; (b) it does not infringe any third party's copyright, trademark, design right, or other intellectual property; (c) it does not include any identifiable person, private property, brand, logo, or protected building without the necessary releases or permissions; (d) it contains no unlawful, defamatory, hateful, or obscene content; and (e) any use of artificial-intelligence tools in creating it complies with the tools' licences and does not, to your knowledge, reproduce another artist's protected work. We may ask you at any time for evidence of your rights (including source files), and may suspend a design while we verify.

5. Indemnity

If a third party brings a claim against Grand Canvas arising from a breach of your warranties in section 4 — for example, a copyright claim over a design you uploaded — you agree to indemnify us: you will cover the losses, damages, and reasonable legal costs we incur, and any settlements reasonably entered into, in connection with that claim. We will notify you of any such claim and may take over its defence.

6. Review, moderation and removal

Every design is reviewed by a human before going live. We may accept, reject, request changes (including AI-assisted resolution enhancement, only ever with your consent), unpublish, or remove any design at any time and at our sole discretion — including after publication — for quality, legal, commercial, or catalogue-fit reasons. We are not obliged to give reasons, though we will where we reasonably can.

7. Pricing, production and customers

Grand Canvas sets retail prices, handles production, shipping, payment, taxes on sales, customer service, and returns. The customer's contract of sale is with Grand Canvas (or its selling entity), not with you. We may run promotions and discounts; your royalty is always calculated on the actual net amount received (section 8).

8. Royalties

You earn a royalty on each sale of a product bearing your design. The standard rate is 10% of the net sale amount — the product price actually received, excluding VAT and other sales taxes, shipping, and after any discounts. Your individual rate is shown in your studio and may be changed prospectively (never retroactively) with 30 days' notice. Royalties accrue when an order is paid, and become payable after a 14-day clearance window; if an order is refunded, the corresponding royalty is reversed. Payouts require valid payout details; you are responsible for any taxes on your royalty income and, where applicable, for your own VAT and invoicing obligations. Balances stay visible in your Earnings page at all times.

9. Removing designs and closing your studio

You may delete any design or close your studio at any time from your account. Removal takes a design off sale for new orders; orders already placed will still be produced, delivered, and — if applicable — reprinted under warranty, and their royalties still accrue to you. Marketing materials already in circulation may continue to show the design for up to 90 days. We may close your studio and terminate these terms if you materially breach them; accrued royalties for lawful sales remain payable.

10. Relationship

You are an independent artist. Nothing in these terms creates an employment, agency, partnership, or joint-venture relationship. You have no authority to act on our behalf.

11. Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law. Subject to that, we are not liable to you for loss of profits, loss of opportunity, or indirect or consequential losses in connection with the Platform, and our total liability to you under these terms in any 12-month period is limited to the royalties paid or payable to you in that period. We do not guarantee any level of sales, visibility, or placement of your designs.

12. Reporting infringement

If you believe a design on the Platform infringes your rights, contact us with details and evidence; we investigate every report and remove infringing content. Repeat infringers' studios are closed.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. For material changes we will give you at least 30 days' notice by email or in your studio; continuing to keep designs on sale after that notice means you accept the updated terms. If you do not accept, you may close your studio under section 9.

14. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction — except that if you are a consumer resident in the EU, you also enjoy any mandatory protections and venue rights of your home country.

Questions? Write to us any time through your studio's Messages — we read everything.