Giclée (pronounced zhee-clay) Giclée is a derivative of the French word meaning to spray or squirt, which is how an inkjet printer works. However, it is not the same as a standard desktop inkjet printer, it is a much larger printer than your consumer desktop printers, please read The Process below.

The Medium :
Giclées are printed onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. My giclées are printed onto canvas. My original paintings are on canvas, and I wanted the Giclée prints to be close to my originals as much as possible, not only in color, but also in texture. I personally hand embellish my giclée prints in order to ensure the added texture/brush marks match that of my originals. When the giclée print is next to my original painting it is almost impossible to tell which is the original. Customers and friends have often mistaken my giclée prints as my originals.

The Process :
The giclée printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. The images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks. Giclée are superior to traditional lithography in nearly every way. The colors are brighter, last longer, and are so high-resolution that they are virtually 'continuous tone', rather than tiny dots. The giclee print has all the tonalities and hues of the original painting. Giclée prints are created typically using professional 8-Color to 12-Color ink-jet printers. Among the manufacturers of these printers are vanguards such as Epson, MacDermid Colorspan, & Hewlett-Packard. These modern technology printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets.

The Quality :
Giclée technology produces superb quality reproductions.  Giclée prints are found, as part of their collections, in the finest art galleries, photographic galleries, museums and by art collectors around the world. Their superb beauty, and unparalleled archival stability cause them to become an increasingly collectible commodity in the art realm.