REPRODUCTIONS

 

Are your paintings available as prints?

My paintings are available as Archival Giclée Art Prints (on either paper or canvas), which are signed and numbered, limited edition reproductions of original paintings. Each painting is professionally photographed for a high resolution image. The image is then color corrected to exactly match the original. It is printed with high quality giclée technology, using pigment inks and archival paper or canvas, for light-fast permanence. 
Each print comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity and a description of the painting.

Paper prints come packaged flat, in an archival sleeve with an archival backing board for protection.  All canvas prints come sealed and archivally mounted onto an 1/8" panel for durability and ease of framing (no risk of puncture, no expensive deep frames required).

 

What size are your prints?

Paper Giclée prints come on 13″ × 19″ or 8.5″ × 11″ paper, with the exception of a few narrow paintings.  The dimensions given indicate the full size of the paper. Each print has a white boarder for ease of framing under a matte. For the large square prints, the images are 11.5″ × 11.5″ on 13″ × 15″ paper. For all others, the actual image sizes on the paper vary depending on the proportions of the original. 

 

Canvas Giclée prints are all the full size of the original and the dimensions given are the actual measurements, and the size frame required.

To ensure fielty to the original painting, I do not crop my images to accomodate standard frame sizes. Some do fit nicely in the premade mattes and frames, but others require custom framing. 

 

What kind of framing do the prints require?

Giclée paper prints need to be framed behind glass, with matte board between the print and the glass, for the protection of the print. The width of the matte should be at least the standard 3" wide on all four sides, for an even, balanced display of the artwork

Canvas prints are sealed and do not need glass or matte, which saves on framing costs. Because they are mounted on thin panels, they can be framed with normal frame molding and don't require expensive, deep molding. 

Although Giclée prints are lightfast, it is best not to hang them in direct sunlight.

 

What is a Giclée Print?

Giclée (pronounced Gee’clay) is a French term meaning "to spray", which is how inkjet technology works. However, Giclée printers are not the same as standard desktop printers, and they are much larger. Giclée art prints are archival, with varying degrees of longevity, depending on the inks used. My prints are produced only using Epson pigment based, light-fast inks, which deliver outstanding image quality and print permanence, and have a lifetime estimated at 80 to 200 or more years. 

My prints are available either on archival canvas or archival paper, both of which are specially coated for lightfast permanance. 

 

Before an original painting is sold, I have it professionally lighted and photographed to create a high resolution digital image, which is then color corrected to exactly match the original when printed. I personally approve the color match of each print.

 

All prints are made in limited editions of 100, which makes them more valuable since they are not mass produced. They come numbered and signed by me, with a signed certificate of authenticity.

 

What is a Litho Print?

In the early days of printing, a lithograph print was a highly valued reproduction of an artist's work, but with the advancement of technology, offset lithographic printing has become the standard commercial printing method of mass printing production. The advantages are brilliant quality and low cost for high volume printing. The disadvantage is that litho prints are not archival and will fade over time. This is fine for most print applications, where longevity is not necessary, but this is also why true fine art prints are now made with Giclée technology, not lithography (a litho art print would be considered a poster).

 

The greeting cards of my paintings were printed on an 8-color offset Heidelberg lithograph press. Most commercial printers use 4-color presses. I was also present at the beginning of the print run to check the test sheets for color accuracy and to sign my approval before they began production. 

 

By making my cards with lithography, I'm able to give you excellent color at a very low price, so you can enjoy and share small images of my paintings, in a form that doesn't need to last 100 years. I've also made most of the cards in standard frame sizes of 5x7 and 5x5 so you can easily frame them. If I offer already-framed cards in my store, I will always indicate that they are litho prints.

 

Offset lithography operates on a simple principle: ink and water don't mix. Image information (art and text) is put on thin metal plates which are dampened by water and ink by rollers on the press. The oil-based ink adheres to the image area, the water to the non-image area. The inked area is then transferred to a rubber cylinder or "blanket" and then onto the paper as it passes around the blanket. The process is called "offset" since the image doesn't go directly from the plates to the paper, but is offset or transferred to another surface as the intermediary.

 

What are the sizes and contents of your greeting cards?

Depending on the proportions of each original, the cards are either 5”x7”, 5”x5”, or 4”x9”.

All cards are blank on the inside, with the title and description printed on the back.
Envelopes are included.

Unless you request square envelopes, 5×5 cards come with 5×7 envelopes, because the US Postal Service charges an extra 20 cents to mail a square.

The cards come individually packaged, or in progressively discounted sets of 8, 25, or 100.