Behind the Print — My Giclée Story

If you’ve ever wondered why some art prints last a lifetime while others fade within years, the answer lies in how they’re made.

As a fine art artist, I’m incredibly particular about how my work is reproduced. Every painting I create carries hours of emotion, observation, and craft — and the print you hang on your wall should honour that completely. That’s why I exclusively produce giclée prints.

So what exactly is a giclée print?

The term giclée (pronounced zhee-clay) comes from the French word meaning “to spray.” Coined in 1991, it distinguishes true fine art reproductions from ordinary commercial prints. Where a standard print uses cheap dye-based inks on wood-pulp paper, a genuine giclée is produced using archival pigment inks and 100% acid-free cotton rag paper or fine art canvas.

The result is a print engineered to last 75 to 100+ years without fading — not just a decoration, but a genuine heirloom.

Why does it matter for my artwork?

My originals are created in soft pastel, watercolour, and oil — and capturing that quality in a reproduction is extraordinarily difficult. Giclée printing uses a 12-colour ink system and high-definition scanning to capture even the microscopic texture of the original surface.

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