what are giclée prints?

“Gee what now?”

Pronounced ghee-clay, a giclée print is a method of high-quality printing used for the finest digital art reproduction. In fact, gclée reproductions of famous works of art hang in arts facilities around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), the Guggenheim (NY), the Louvre Museum (Paris), the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC).

“So, it’s a poster?”

No, it’s not a poster.  Giclée prints of my paintings are printed on stretched canvas.

“So, it’s like, an exact replica of the painting?”

Not exact, but as close as possible to the original. The process of Giclée printing begins with taking a picture of the original painting with a high-resolution digital camera under perfectly balanced lighting. The images are then reviewed on a color calibrated monitor and analyzed for correct balance. From there, the image is printed, and compared with the original painting for further adjustments. When the image is as perfect as it can be, the file is sent to a 60” Canon 12-color printer and infinitely small pixels of rich, vibrant archival inks are sprayed at a rate of millions of droplets per second.

“Are all of your paintings available as Giclée prints?”

No, not all. There are some paintings that I choose to only sell as Originals. Though if someone requested a print of one of these, I would consider it.

“If I order a giclée print, how does it come?”

All my giclée prints are printed on canvas and you can choose your proportional size. The original might be 10x10, but if you wanted 50x50, it can be done. The giclée prints are stretched on 1.5” stretcher bars or can be sent rolled in a tube for future stretching or framing.