With the advent of
the Giclée (pronounced jeek-lay), the art of fine art printing has become even more precise.
Because no screens are used, the prints  have a higher apparent
resolution than lithographs. The dynamic color range is like that
of serigraphy. In the process, a fine stream of ink, of more than
four million droplets per second, is sprayed onto archival art paper or
canvas. The effect is similar to an air brush technique but much
finer. Each piece is carefully hand-mounted onto a drum that
rotates during printing. Exact calculations of hue, value and
density direct the ink of four nozzles. This produces a
combination of 512 chromatic changes (with over 3 million colors
possible) of highly saturated, nontoxic, water-based ink.  The
artist's color approval and input are essential for creating the final
custom setting for the edition.
Displaying a full
color spectrum, Giclée prints capture every nuance of an original
painting - be it water color, oil or acrylic and have gained wide
acceptance from artists like Jamie Wyeth, David Hockney and Robert
Rauschenberg to major institutions like the Chicago Art Institute and L.
A. County Museum.
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