Glicee Printing

What is Giclee?

Giclée (pronounced zhee-clay) is a term to describe digitally-reproduced fine art prints.  Giclée is based on the French verb “gicler” which means to squirt or spray a liquid, in this case, high quality archival inks. Giclée fine art printing provides a luminosity and brilliance that represents the artist’s original artwork better than any fine art reproduction technique available today. 

Canvas: My artwork is printed on Urth canvas, the world’s first solvent canvas with archival certification by the Fine Art Trade Guild, using breakthrough technology of agent-free Fluorescent Whitening and Chromata white to create a canvas free of optical brighteners while still producing canvas prints with bright whites and true vivid colors that will not fade or yellow over time. It is important to be aware that most prints are created with canvas that has optical brighteners, OBAs. This creates a pleasing print initially but with a false brightness. These prints will FADE over time and yellow if exposed to direct sunlight. With OBA-free Urth canvas, your print can hang in direct sunlight and will remain fade resistant and as beautiful as it was the day it was printed. The canvas has a built in coating which makes it moisture, UV protected and abrasion resistant. The canvas is durable enough to withstand cleaning with a damp cloth to the surface.

Inks: The inks used on my prints are UltraChrome GS3 HD inks, which have a wide & rich color gamut range to match the exact color fidelity of the original paintings. These lightfast, archival inks are designed to last 100+ years. In giclee printing, when an ink is called lightfast, it means it can withstand exposure to direct sun light and resist fading.

Gallery wrap: All of my prints are finished with a mirrored image wrapped around the sides. This gives the collector the option to frame the print or not, presenting a finished professional look, whether with or without a frame.