Giclee Extra Large Wall Art - Fine Art Reproductions

Giclee Prints Are Quality Art Reproductions

Giclee prints look and feel like original art. Prints are made on real artist materials such as watercolor papers and canvas. Image permanence is a concern to artists and collectors. We use UltraChrome inks which is very stable, giving fade & color shift resistance of 90 years on watercolor paper under average indoor light conditions. Thus, giclee prints make beautiful extra large wall art reproductions.

Giclee printmaking provides a luminosity and brilliance that represents the artist's original work better than any reproduction technique available today. Offset Lithography (ie. commerical printing) is limited to the traditional 4-color process and is normally printed on 80 lb coated stock. This does not approach the quality of a Giclee printed on 100 percent rag paper using a 7-color process.

Offset lithographs are created by taking a continuous tone image and processing it through a screen. The result is an image created with a series of dots, each one proportional in size to the density of the original at the location of that dot. The human eye is consequently "tricked" into seeing something that approximates a continuous tone image. Most printed material such as newspapers and magazines are printed with this process. 

Serigraphs are really screen prints. These prints are made by creating a set of screens, each representing one color. Ink is then squeegeed through the screen and onto the media. For fine art reproduction purposes, the number of screens required to approximate the tonal qualities of the original are typically from 20 to more than 100. The larger the number of screens, the closer a serigraph can appear to be continuous tone and the more expensive it is to produce.

Giclee prints have many advantages over both the offset lithograph and the serigraph. The color available for giclee processing is limited only by the color gamut of the inks themselves. Therefore, literally millions of colors are available and the limitation imposed by the screening process does not exist. The giclee process uses such small dots and so many of them that they are not discernible to the eye. A giclee print is essentially a continuous tone print showing every color and tonal nuance. Giclee are printed on beautiful fine art papers, and the result is a print befitting the definition of fine art in every way.

Giclee Extra Large Wall Art Reproductions

We at Brushstrokes Fine Art take giclee to a whole new level by giving you the opportunity to capture a treasured personal moment, or great master painting, and preserve it in the highest art form, a hand-painted oil portrait. Through a combination of the Brushstrokes® patented process and old world artistry, we are able to artistically transform your favorite photograph, portrait by the old masters, or digital image into your own original oil-on-canvas masterpiece.

What we do:
Step by step, throughout the artistic process, every attention is paid to detail to ensure that each portrait captures the essence of that special moment, and displays only the highest standards of quality and workmanship worthy of your cherished memory.

• After assessing each picture or photograph, our Art Director selects one artist to create your portrait, working on a canvas enlargement, which has the patented Brushstrokes® process for creating texture and rich colors.
• The artist carefully finishes your portrait using the highest-grade oil paint, further adding three-dimensional surface texture and rich, unique brushwork.
• Finally, master craftsmen mount each portrait in a museum-quality wood frame, chosen by you.
• Each portrait is hand-signed by the artist and comes with its own Certificate of Authenticity.
• As with any Brushstrokes® product, we guarantee the workmanship for life.
• The end result is your own truly original oil-on-canvas work of art.