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raw canvas

why the name?

Hmmm...
why would anyone call themselves Raw Canvas?
Lets break it down.

Raw

  • Not cooked, as in raw meat - rare - unique - innovative
  • Unprocessed, as in raw materials - crude or processed material that can be converted by processing into a new and useful product, something with a potential for improvement, development, or elaboration.
  • WWF Raw, Raw Nature, Wild, Raw Energy

Canvas

  • A firm closely woven cloth usually of linen, hemp, or cotton used for clothing and formerly much used for tents and sails
  • A piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting; the painting on such a surface - the background, setting, or scope of an historical or fictional account or narrative
  • A piece of canvas used for a particular purpose
  • The act or an instance of canvassing; a personal solicitation of votes or survey of public opinion

Raw + Canvas

  • Innovative young people with potential, energy, and interested in your opinion
  • Raw Canvas - clean slate - blank page - drawing board - new - open - willing to learn
  • Oh yeah - and it's all about the art.
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