The vibrancy of the colored inks gives a Giclee the dynamic color range associated with a serigraph, but - since no screens are used - the Giclee achieves a much smoother color transition and a higher apparent resolution than a serigraph.

A Giclee thus offers a full color spectrum that captures every nuance of an original painting in any medium, making this the first process by which an artist can accurately re-create an original work of art. The print-maker can also utilize the highest quality archival rag papers, canvas, mylar or other material in a wide range of sizes while using environmentally-safe water-based inks.

Every Giclee fine art edition requires the collaboration of the artist and a print-maker who is fully conversant with current state-of-the-art equipment, design programs, inks and special coatings that will help re-create and preserve the artist's work. The artist's participation remains vital in refining the trial proofs to exactly capture the intention of the original work.

In Giclee printmaking, an incredibly fine spray of inks - more than 4 million droplets per second - is projected onto a sheet of archival art paper whirling on a drum at 250 inches per second. These droplets are just 15 microns in size, about four times finer than a human hair. Four to eight colors of ink travel in a continuous jet-stream while a crystal frequency causes a wave pattern to break up the stream of ink into microscopic drops of equal size and regular spacing. In total, 1024 shades of dense water-based ink are produced by each jet, creating a finished print that matches the world's highest standards for both color and black and white images

The Giclee print is then finished with up to 15 waterproof and UV- resistant protective coatings to insure the quality standards expected by fine art collectors. Upon completion of the prints, each one is numbered and then hand-signed by the artist in the traditional manner.

This exciting Giclee Process has gained wide acceptance from museums such as the Chicago Art Institute, the Los Angeles County Museum, the London Museum and MoMA, and we invite you to personally experience the beauty of fine art editions created using this revolutionary process.