Giclee Defined

The term Giclee (a French printmaker's term for 'fine spray') has been borrowed
to distinguish this new process from ordinary offset prints.

This method of art reproduction has quickly become the standard in the art industry, widely embraced
for it's quality by major museums, galleries, publishers, and artists. A Giclee Print simply is the
closest duplication of an original artwork that is humanly, mechanically, or technically possible,
totally unmatched by any other printing method.

A Giclee is created by a digital printer's tiny ink jets which spray millions of droplets of water-based ink onto fine archival art paper or canvas. Produced one at a time, and depending upon their size, the intricate printing process can take up to an hour or more to complete.The prints are unsurpassed in brilliant,
exquisite color, and razor sharp detail.

They have no perceptible dot pattern, an endless array of richly saturated color, and every nuance of the original image. The highest quality water-based inks available in the world are used to assure a 70 year light-fastness, UV resistance, and the same longevity as the paints I use in my work.

Giclee prints have had an impressive exhibition record, with showings in museums and galleries throughout the world, including The Metropolitan Museum of New York, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Art, The British Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Washington Post Collection, The Corcoran Gallery, and the San Francisco Museum of Art.