Do I have a print?

The easiest way is to see if there are any printed words along the bottom of the paper. These might include copyright, title of the painting, the artist’s name, and/or the publisher's name. If there are, you have a print.

You can also look at the image through a jeweler’s loop. If, under magnification, the image breaks-up into a pattern of colored dots... you, most likely, have a print.

Giclee

Giclee (zhee-clay) - French meaning ’to spray ink’. Scanned image printed on a high resolution, inkjet printer. Giclee prints (also known as Iris prints) are advantageous to artists who find it not feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed.

Once an image is archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and cost. Thus the up-front cost of mass production is eliminated and printing is done on demand.

Another tremendous advantage to Giclee printing is that artwork can be reproduced to almost any size and on various media, giving the artist the ability to customize prints for a specific client.

Hand Painted Oil Reproductions

Owning an original oil painting by one of the masters – Picasso, Van Gogh, Claude Monet, to name but a few, may never be more than a dream for most.
Today, however, there is no reason why you can't have an exquisite masterpiece of your own. Our talented and experienced artists produce outstanding oil paintings, reproducing down to the finest details those works by the world's most renowned artists.

Types

There are many types of reproductions available in the market - open run posters, lithographs, serigraphs, giclee, etc. Make sure you know what you are buying. Check out my ’Original Fine Art Prints’ category for more information on this topic.

Open Run Prints/Posters

These are nothing more than 4 color reproductions of a work of art. They have no ’real’ value and probably never will. For someone who has no interest in acquiring original works of art, this is a great way to fill the walls.