Fine Art

Fine Art
RealGiclée Editions look and feel just like the original. There is no substitute. RealGiclée Editions are printed on canvas or watercolor paper. Giclée Editions have a high-perceived value. Custom themes can be created for any function or event. Now the quality of RealGiclées are at an affordable price.

The Perfect Corporate Gift
• Send a message of how much you value your client relationship.
• Great Value RealGiclée Editions have a long user life and allow for company recognition each time they are   viewed. The gift of Art out lasts any other form of promotional gift. It hangs around to be viewed and appreciated.
• Custom Images. Specific images can be created for a specific customer or event and may even
  become collector images.
• Real Giclée Editions have a high perceived value and as a corporate gift will be valued far
  beyond their actual cost.
• Original art remains the property of the donor company and
  the Giclée Editions are given as the promotional gift.

Charitable Fund Raising and Silent Auctions
• Images may be commissioned for specific fund raising events and Giclée Editions produced for the actual sale.
• As with The Canadian Breast Cancer Fundraiser with the Mike Comrie Print "In The Beginning",
  a small number of prints are kept in inventory and as they are purchased the inventory is replenished.
  The Foundation has a very small out lay compared to revenues.

Giclée Prints & the Artist
Since 1998, we have provided the art community with exceptional museum standard Giclée prints under the guidance of Master Photographer Leonard. Leonard is a third generation printer and photographer coming from a long line of reproduction specialists.

Accurate color matching is not WYSIWYG it is an art form unto itself.

Leonard’s philosophy:
• Keep the Giclée process affordable and under the artist's control,
• Provide the artist with consistent quality Giclée prints
• Each print must compliment the artist's artistic ability and expressions

Leonard transforms these expressions into a museum quality Giclée print. You, the artist, not the printer, can choose the size of the image, the substrate, and the size of the limited edition run.

We use the term "Giclées on Demand". If you need only one giclée print, only one Giclée will be printed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are some of the benefits of Giclée Printmaking?
The benefits are numerous and varied. Versatility in subject matter and the ability to experiment. Since the initial investment in a Giclée edition is minimal, the artist can take more risks to find out what is acceptable to the market and will sell. This allows the artist more creative freedom and help prevent costly mistakes. Additionally it is becoming more and more widely acknowledged that Giclée prints offer richness, detail and depth that set them apart from traditional offset lithography.

Are Giclées acceptable with prominent museums and artists?
Yes, we'll just drop a few names here; Jim Dine, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, Robert Rauschenburg and David Hockney are among the many well-known artists who are having Giclées printed. And Giclées are being embraced by dozens of museums around the world to include New York's Metropolitan Museum and the Guggenheim, the National Museum of Mexico, the Corcoran in Washington, DC, and the High Museum in Atlanta to name a few.

What is the expected life of a Giclée print?
The most important fact to remember is that all color fades. As far as Giclée prints are concerned, some original watercolors will fade faster than a well-made Giclée. Unlike lithographs and serigraphs, Giclées have undergone extensive, third party fade testing. While the predicted display life depends on many variables, if using the newest Epson prototype inks available, a Giclée print can last as long as 200 years before noticeable fading begins.

For price list email us: fineart@avidcolour.com