Koi Fish Original Japanese ART OIL Canvas PAINTING

WOW! This artwork is Registered at the National Fine Arts Title Registry and comeswith a Certificate of Authenticity. When purchased the title will transfer to the new owner for FREE!

MATERIALS:
Mixed Media on canvas. Combination of Oil, Ink, airbrush, proprietary texturing medium. Hand-embellished giclee. This collectible painting is archival quality on a tight weave canvas surface. It is Gallery Wrapped with finished edges and hanging hardware. It does NOT need framing.


These museum quality pieces are priced well below comparable art products on the market. Galleries retail this canvas giclee art in the $2700.00 range.

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What is a Giclee?
The name "giclee" is pronounced "jeeclay" and comes from a French word meaning "spray." The name describes perfectly the process used by large format specialty printers specifically designed to produce fine art reproductions. These specialty printers are able to use archival quality ink on 100% rag watercolor paper, canvas support or other fine media. Giclee printers spray millions of microscopic drops of ink per second which produces even higher resolutions than traditional lithography. The combination of intense spray, high resulution imaging, and a glorious range of color inks results in fine art reproductions with dense saturated color, crisp detail, on quality support mediums. Giclee prints are so good it can be difficult to tell them apart from original artwork.

What does it mean when a print is hand embellished?
Hand embellishment is a process where the artist manually adds medium or materials to a reproduction or print. Hand embellishment is unique to each piece. When a print is hand embellished, each print then becomes a one-of-a-kind work of art. For example, a painter may apply medium to an entire print, or only sections or parts of it. Not surprisingly prices are considerably higher for hand embellished prints, reflecting the uniqueness each piece of art.

How is a Giclee print made?
A high quality digital scan is made either from the original artwork or from a professional 4" x 5" photo transparency and transferred to a computer. The scan captures incredible detail and color resolution. Using professional image software the digital image is then cropped and sometimes other corrections or adjustments are made, too. This process is very detailed as well as complicated and can take hours or days. Professional photographic labs charge anywhere from $60 to hundred of dollars an hour for this service but like me many artist do this work themselves to ensure the results are what they want. When the digital image is ready it is transferred to a special large format-inkjet printer which can print up to 40" x 60." These specialty printers use archival prints and papers specifically designed for fine art reproductions.

How is lightfastness testing done?
Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. is the independent industry leader which conducts accelerated light exposure and dark aging tests to determine comparative life expectancy and stability. WIR has tested and rated the ink, watercolor media and canvas used in combination to produce the limited edition Giclee prints which are produced from my paintings, and gives a permanence ratings of between 61 years and 175 years printed on archival watercolor media framed under glass with a UV filter. You can visit their web site at www.wilhelm-research.com.

You and your family can enjoy this artwork for generations.