Giclee printing has become a highly visible and rapidly growing segment of the fine art and photography world.  In the art publishing field, inkjet prints have come to be called “giclee” prints.  Giclee (pronounced “jhee-CLAY”) is a French word that means “squirt or spurt”. In this usage, giclee alludes to the digitally-controlled inkjet nozzles of a printer which precisely “squirt” millions of microscopic droplets of ink per second onto the media in place to form the image. A typical 22x30 inch Giclee image is made up of well over one billion individual ink droplets! 

Dozens of museums in the U.S. and abroad have either mounted exhibitions of giclee’s or purchased them for their permanent collections. These include The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The Museum of Fine Art (Boston), The Guggenheim (New York), The National Gallery for Women in the Arts (DC), The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (New York), among others.

 

Joan Stephens Giclees

My original art work is scanned into a computer by a professional photographer, and printed out onto watercolor paper using the Epson 9600 printer and Ultra Chrome inks. All prints come with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist and printmaker, stating when the print was created, and which paper and inks were used. This certificate ensures that this image has not been reproduced without the permission of the artist.  The archival nature of these reproductions makes it a work of art that can be passed on for generations.

Prices

Abstract – “Time To Grow"	14x14	$150.00
Abstract – “Hats Off”	12x20	$150.00
All the other Giclee’s have two sizes available	15x21	$150.00
	10x15	$ 75.00