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Giclee Prints - Affordable Fine Art By Dwayne Goerges

“Giclee” is a style of fine art, which incorporates the use of modern day printers, predominately 7-color to 12-color format ink jet printers and digital art work. The process is becoming more popular amongst modern day artists who regularly paint in digital format; hence there is no “original” artwork as such. It can also prove very beneficial to artists working on a tight budget, as they are able to reprint copies of the digital original on demand hence less wastage. The Giclee style is also being used to produce enhanced prints of older original artwork, which is digitally scanned as a starting point of the process.

The beauty of Giclee art is the fact that any digital artwork can be reproduced on a number of different media, including canvas and specialist papers giving a very professional look. The quality of today’s printers is such that rather than the old dot patterns the flow of coloring and texture is very smooth, offering an excellent finish.

While the Giclee procedure can be transferred to any style and format of fine art, it has become particularly prevalent in the tropical regions, with Hawaiian Giclee prints becoming much sort after in the art world. While initially the Giclee format had received a luke warm welcome from the more traditional of the art world, it has now taken a firm place as a modern day art form. Galleries are now accepting Giclee artwork into their shows, and the collectors are showing a real interest, resulting in the emergence of a Giclee market place.

In an art world often set against any new styles or procedures, which go against the traditional methods, Giclee is starting to make a big name for itself and is becoming more and more popular. This really is a case of traditional art embracing modern technology.

Dwayne Goerges is the web site editor for Tropical Fine Art Giclee and Custom Forged Knives in Northern California.

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Current Project - 1972 Corvette

Here's a preview of my current project. This is a 1972 Corvette in a setting of a moonlit night with the moon's reflection shimmering across the water and leading up to the main focus of the picture, the car itself.

At this point, I have about 11 hours of painting time into the picture so far. The painting, which is 16 X 20 inches, wil have about 30 to40 hours total time put into it before it is completed. The painting is being done in acrylics. To help slow the drying time of the painting, I use a special medium and keep my palette in a sealable plastic bag, with a wet sponge, in between painting sessions.



I still need to complete a lot of details in the car and add some clouds and stars to the background before the picture will be done. I'm considering adding some clothes laying around to the side of the car and possibly a couple of silhouttes in the water to make it look like a couple has made a spontaneous stop at the lake and decided to jump in a go skinny dipping. If you have an opinion you'd like to share about that idea, please post a comment and take part in helping to mold the final outcome of this painting.

When completed, this picture will be made into art prints. I usually have 11 X 14 inch open edition prints made of my paintings (go to http://www.rasart.com/ to see curren prints available) and two sizes of Limited Edition prints. Two hundred fifty at 16 X 20 inches and two hundred fifty at 20 X 24 inches. These retail at $30, $85, and $120 respsectively. If interested in signing up for a pre-release order you may contact me through the blog or at RASart@msn.com.

Stop back and check out the progress on this painting. I will post again in about two weeks with an update. Hope to hear from lots of you regarding this latest painting! Rick