 Portfolio of
Leilla T. Gabriel
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
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Oils & Acrylics
Photography
Graphic Arts
Pastels
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| Digital Coloured Photo of Iris Giclee Printed on Canvas 28.5"x30.5" |
Numbered reproduction giclee prints available on: Photo Luster Paper, Watercolour Paper or Canvas
18x19, 27x28.5 or 45x75.5
NOTE: Prints also available in black & white and sepia
Smaller or Larger prints available upon request
Matting and framing available upon request
Please contact artist for prices |
WHAT IS A GICLEE PRINT?
A giclee print is the highest quality inkjet print available today. The word giclee is a French verb meaning ‘to spray’, which is what an inkjet printer does. The process is digital printmaking with a printer that uses variable size, microscopic droplets of ink to create prints that cannot be duplicated by other printing techniques. True continuous tone! Because there is no visible dot screen pattern, the resulting image has all of the subtle tonalities of the original art. Each dot may have over 4 billion possible colours! This produces exceptional museum quality prints.
The original photograph is digitally acquisitioned in the form of a high-resolution scan. It is then sized, cropped and colour-matched for output. Once proofing begins, the artist and the printmaker form a creative partnership, the goal being the best possible realization of the artist’s vision.
Substrates of canvas or water colour paper are then loaded onto the printer. As the printer advances the substrate, a set of seven ink nozzles traverses it. An incredibly small stream of ink is directed at the substrate. This stream of ink is composed of individual droplets, each tinier than a red blood cell. The process is computer controlled to provide an image that is faithfully reproduced.
Brilliant colour and rich texture have made giclee prints the reproduction of choice for artists, photographers, museums, galleries and collectors. Long lasting, fade resistant inks printed on fine art archival papers lend to a rich enduring work of fine art reproduction. Giclee editions are smaller in numbers than lithography, serigraphy or offset printing thus making them much more valuable. Unlike traditional printmaking processes, the last printed image in a giclee edition will be as vibrant and clear as the first one. |
Artwork and Images Copyright 2004 Leilla T. Gabriel - All Rights Reserved
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