Prints

Prints from all the originals in the Gallery are available. Print sizes range from A4 to nearly the actual size of the original drawing. Prices range from £48 to £200. I have been asked before to blown the original right up to 4 feet wide on canvas, so anything is possible!

All prints are limited editions of either 250 for the smaller sizes or 100 for the larger ones. All are signed and numbered in pencil by myself.

Postage will depend on where you live and how best to get the print to you in the safest way, sometimes it’s best to send the large prints in a tube, as there is less chance of damage. Please get in touch and we can arrange what would work best for you.

Giclée Printing

It is probably best to begin at the beginning and explain exactly what giclée printing is. Giclée refers to a new method of creating prints. The giclée process begins after a transparency is produced from the original painting, or the painting is scanned directly by a high-end scanner, or even photographed with a high-quality digital camera.

Special software programs are used to manipulate the attributes of the digitized image to achieve the artist’s own desired requirements. The approved image is then output to a sophisticated printer while the printmaker verifies the colour management elements. The word ‘giclée’ itself is French, and means ‘spurt’ or ‘squirt’, however the spray is more like mist, each droplet being no more than the size of a red blood cell.

Modern giclée prints are expected to show no sign of fading after 100 years, provided the prints are kept in suitable conditions; for example, out of direct sunlight. It is worth remembering that the materials commonly used by artists survive no better than that.