Well, my word, I’ve been learning about prints. Six years ago, in the midst of a good deal of consultancy and ministry, I thought I could just add a string to my bow and let prints sell themselves. This, dear reader, does not happen. It’s taken me over five years, a significant ministry, stopping teaching project management, retirement from the United Reformed Church, the closure of one printing company and the search for another to take up the music of prints again.
The exhibition tours have been a wonderful context in which to learn! As I’m raising money for Open Table Network and anti-racist charities, the ability to sell prints makes sales much more affordable than originals. Beautifully, some originals have found new places to live when the exhibitions close in August. Prints though, are selling faster and raising those needed funds for me to put my passions into tangible resources. Thank you, the dear customers who are reading this. You and I are making a difference.
If you were to visit a page of an artwork you like on my website, you’d find a button called print availability. It gives you a list of the print formats available. So far, the only type of print not to sell so far is the embellished giclee on paper. No, six years ago I didn’t know what one of those was either. Now that I know, I honestly believe that I like some of my work in print more than I like the original. The tangible feeling of a giclee print is amazing; it looks like printing on velvet with rich colour. Art prints are generally a run of them and signed. Everything giclee is a limited edition print, numbered and signed. Embelleshed giclees become new originals and signed as such.
If you haven’t found that page button on print choices yet, here’s the list, below. All you need to do is let me know which image and type of print you want as well as the overall finished size you have in mind. I’ll let you know what is possible bearing in mind paper and printer sizes and we’ll go from there.
∞ Art Prints are created with laser printers onto quality wood pulp art paper.
∞ Gallery Poster is a typical art gallery format with laser printer on poster paper, supplied rolled in a tube.
∞ Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto quality cotton rag paper. They’re known for their vibrant colours, fine details, and archival quality. The term "giclee" comes from the French word meaning "to spray," referring to the precise inkjet spraying process used in their production. They’re guaranteed to last at least 100 years (though no one’s been alive long enough since development to know…)
∞ Embellished Giclee Prints are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-drawn elements to make each cotton paper print unique. The result is a print that combines the advantages of digital printing with a personal touch.
∞ Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto artist canvas material. This gives the print a texture and appearance similar to a traditional painting on canvas so that they resemble original paintings.
∞ Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-painted elements to make each print unique. Embellishments added on top of canvas give the print a more three-dimensional painterly effect.
