The Giclee process is the reproduction method used to create limited edition prints from my original watercolor paintings. The first part of the process includes making a very high resolution scan from my original work. This scan becomes the basis for the Iris Giclee.

Giclée (pronounced zhee-clay) is a French word which means "spraying of ink". In this high tech computer Giclée process, a fine spray of ink — more than four million droplets per second — is sprayed onto archival, Somerset, watercolor paper.  Each droplet is four times smaller than a human hair.

This produces a combination of 512 chromatic changes with approximately 10 million color possiblities of highly saturated, nontoxic water-based ink. The Giclée high resolution scanning and digital Iris printer gives each image the vibrant, lush, and luminous results of an original watercolor - making it sometimes difficult to distinguish between the original and a reproduction.

The finished Giclée print is protected by applying an extra strength UV coating to insure museum quality standards for the collector. The limited edition is hand signed and numbered by the artist on the front of the piece. Each Giclée print is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity.

 

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