Geraldene Lombard has a fascination for lions and tigers. Over the years, she’s built several 1500-piece puzzles depicting her favourite animals, and those who know her well, are fully aware of this! She was truly touched when, out of the blue, a really good friend e-mailed her an unusual photograph of an ‘astonished-looking’ lion. Geraldene was captivated by this gorgeous picture. “I made it my desktop background, and saved it as my cell phone’s background too! Couldn’t get enough of it!” she recalls. In addition to building puzzles, Geraldene loves drawing and painting, too. She contemplated drawing the ‘astonished lion’ pic but felt it might be really difficult to do justice to. She figured that since she couldn’t paint this lion, she decided to have it printed on glass with an LED backlight to bring out the true colours in the picture.  She also found another picture of a lion and decided to draw and paint her version of the second lion picture.  Having

August is celebrated nationally as Women’s Month. However, we, as RapidStudio do not live in isolation and we do see the injustices and struggles faced by women. As well as the accomplishments and achievements. We want to get real for a moment. Our largest customer base (or family base as we call it) consists of women. Women of all ages, ethnicities, religions, and orientations use our products and we are very proud of this. However, upon introspection, we asked ourselves, are we truly a diverse and representative company?   We would like to proudly assert that we are! In understanding the vast diversity of our customers, we gain a glimpse into the lives of ordinary women across the spectrum. This August, we would like to celebrate you, the women of RapidStudio. We would like to acknowledge that we are not blind to your challenges, and do everything we can to be a truly inclusive company. From content creation to strategic decisions – we do support and celebrate you. R