About Giclee Prints

                  The Giclee printing (pronounced "ghee-clay") process was born in the early 1900's. 

                  The word Giclee is a French meaning 'to squirt', which is what an inkjet printer does.

                  The process is digital printmaking, with an iris printer that uses minute droplets of ink

                   to create prints that cannot be duplicated by any other printing techniques.  Because

                   there is no visible dot screen pattern the resulting image hass all of the subtle tonalities

                   of the original art. Each dot may have over four billion possible colors! This produces 

                   exceptional  museum quality prints.  They can be found on display in the world's finest

                   museums and art galleries.

                   Not any digital print is a giclee however, only digital prints that are created on a

                   special high-resolution printers utilizing archival inks, media and strict printmaking

                   standards.

                   Giclees are produced one at a time, combining state of the art technology with

                   traditional craftsmanship.  The technology  provides incredible detail and brilliant

                   color.  The resolution (DPI or dots per inch) is actually higher than traditional

                   lithography which results in crisp contrast with rich, intense color.

                   Giclees are laboratory rated to provide several decades, if not a century or more of

                   a lasting print quality.  It is recommended that customers treat their Giclee prints the

                   same as they would an original piece of art.  It should be protected from moisture by

                   glass.  You should never expose any type of artwork to prolonged sunlight or other

                   harsh conditions.

                  All of my Giclee prints are  produced in a Limited Editions of 50 for Watercolors and

                  editions of 100 for Oils . They are printed locally using a Roland HiFi Jet Pro using 8    

                  Color  Stable Pigmented Inks on Epson Textured Fine Art Heavyweight Watercolor paper.