About Amazon Art Reproductions

About Amazon Art Reproductions

Amazon Art Reproductions is a sole proprietorship, owned by W. Diane Van Zwol. The company was registered in the year 1998, in Ontario (Canada), as a home based business.

At the time, Amazon Art Reproductions was promoting poetry, in conjunction with artwork and photography, in local art stores and gift shops in Thunder Bay, Ontario (Canada). Many pieces of poetry were written for specific pieces of artwork and photography, by local artists and photographers.

All of the poems were written on the central theme of 'Love'.

Writing and publishing 'custom' poetry, appeared to present a growing opportunity for the poet to present her work to the public.

The open concept of 'Love' appeared to be appropriate for the turn of the century and quickly came to represent an exciting challenge. Poetry was written in conjunction with various depictions of the local scenery or points of interest.

Amazon Art Reproduction also began producing cards with artwork, photography and poetry, but only in a small way. It became evident how difficult it was to place the picture and the poetry together on cards. Extra computer and printing skills were needed.

The poet also began to recognize the reality that the publication of poetry and prose on the internet was a growing trend and would be an ideal mode of publication. In the year 2000 AD, she began to learn new computer skills and became a certified web designer, publishing poetry on the internet.

The poet also began to take a small business development program, in the year 2001 AD, with the intention of expanding the Amazon Art Reproduction business, to include Webmender (Canada).

No one could have anticipated the reality that the year 2001 AD, would bring about some very serious problems in the USA, on September 11th. A massive terrorist tragedy in New York and in Washington, resulted in many new small businesses being placed temporarily on hold, including this one.

The poet was forced to seek other employment, but continued to write poetry and focused on the theme of 'Love'.

In the year 2005, Amazon Art Reproductions is still a registered business in Ontario (Canada), with numerous ongoing projects, by W. Diane Van Zwol. She has continued to publish poetry whenever possible and continues the theme of 'Love', but is now developing this into 'LOVE 2005' with more serious publication on the internet.