The definition: Giclee, comonly pronounced "zhee-clay," is an invented term for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclee" from the french verb gicler meaning, "to squirt, to spray," was created by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet based digital print used as fine art.
The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The term, originally applied to fine art prints created on iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990's but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print.
Giclees can be printed on any number of media, from canvas to watercolor paper to vinyl, to transparent acetates. Giclees are superior to traditional lithography in nearly every way. The colors are brighter, last longer, and are so high-resolution that they are virtually 'continuous tone', rather than tiny dots. The range, or "gamut" of color for giclees is far beyond that of lithography, and details are crisper.
All canvas giclees are signed and numbered original works of fine art by Louis Cantillo. Editions are limited to 250.
Please note that it takes 2-3 weeks for print orders to be filled and
6-8 weeks for framed and canvas pieces to be completed.
