Clearing canvas texture from photo of artwork

[dmaarie]

Hello!

So I need some help..... I am an artist and I am trying to start selling prints. I generally paint acrylic on canvas. When I plug my images of my artwork into GIMP for editing, the texture of the canvas shows a lot (of course). I am trying to find a way to smooth this out that doesn't involve blurring. The painting doesn't just involve solid colours so its hard to just blur it...

Does anyone have any insight that could help me in this current predicament?


Thank you!