Giclee vs Lithograph

When I describe one of our prints you will see me use the term Museum Quality Limited Edition Giclee’s printed on 100% Acid Free Hot Press Signature Paper.

That’s quite a mouthful I know and deserves an explanation. First off is what the heck is a Giclee? To put it simply, Giclee is mainly a process. The process of producing a large-format, high resolution image on an industrial inkjet printer. This is NOT a desktop inkjet printer you can buy at the store. 

A printer that produces a Giclee has been adapted to produce a fine-art print, that is better than traditional silver halide, or even a 4 color offset lithograph press.

You word Giclee is actually derived from the French word gicleur, which means nozzle. A high quality giclee printer sprays ink  a onto the substrate using a nozzle smaller than a human hair.

The Giclee process uses fade resident pigment-based inks. The color inks are more than the standard CMYK 4 color process used in a standard litho. A Giclee is typically created using at least 8 or more, which increases the color gamut, and resolution.

This process provides better color accuracy than any other means of reproduction. You will find giclee prints at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and the Museum of Modern Art.

DRY FALLS

I love to photograph Waterfalls, and I'm fortunate to live close enough to NC, where a there seems to be endless opportunities to photograph them. This is one of Dry Falls.

A short walk from the parking area above.

Monet vs Manet. and Jerry Lee Lewis......"I Know What I Like"

With all the Art History classes I took in college I used to be able to able to tell you the difference between a Claude Monet and an Edouard Manet Painting. I could tell you the name of the painting, the year it was done, the home country of the artist, (not just those two), etc.

Although it was tedious at the time, I learned to appreciate what goes into an oil painting, the time the artist "has into it", including composition, subject matter,lighting,shading, and coloring. Regardless of what the artist was trying to convey though, "I know what I like".

When I see a print on the wall today, I don't stop and ask myself if it is a painting, or a photograph, I simply say to myself "I like that" and I might buy it, OR that thing is ugly and what fool would pay money for it? The medium of the artwork is still of no consequence- Beauty certainly still is in the eye, (and the pocketbook), of the beholder".

Fine Art from the very definition is what pleases the Artist. If someone else likes it too, all the better. Support your local artists, and BUY when you can, but only buy what you like. Keep us honest.