ABOUT MY WORK

My inspiration comes from the varied landscapes & landmarks, always with the emphasis on colour. My latest works form part of The Home Sweet Home & Seaside Collections & have a unique quirky style.  These are often mistaken for acrylics owing to their colour & depth.   

Derbyshire is so varied in its’ landscape I am never short of inspiration.

I am passionate about skies, the moodier the better and I enjoy the unpredictability of watercolours. You are never sure what will happen  ... I just love happy accidents. I am also captivated by the stunning scenes of winter, the rich tints of autumn and the striking forms of trees ravaged by time.

Being mainly self taught I strongly believe that anyone can paint if it is in their soul and they have a passion for what they are painting.

My latest work is often mistaken for acrylics owing to their colour and depth.  I do however love to create texture, and watercolours give me this freedom.  I enjoy using different types of salts, squirting lots of water and then waiting to see the results. I like the contrast then between a solid sky and a textured foreground.

Some of my latest work is quite surreal in that they are places I have visited but following weird dreams have painted them how I feel they could look in a different world!

My House Portraits and commissions, which are tailored to individual families, have proved really popular and I really enjoy painting these.

I am also happy to recreate a favourite view or landmark in my own unique style.

 My prints are produced using the Giclée printing technique on fine art watercolour paper using the leading inks in the industry today.     

My Limited Edition Prints are very limited indeed. Each edition is limited to a maximum of 100 and therefore highly collectable.

All have been individually signed and numbered by me and are validated by a Certificate of Authenticity.

What is a Giclée print?

Giclée prints provide top quality resistance and possess archival standards of permanence.

Giclée printing offers one of the highest degrees of accuracy and richness of colour available in any of the reproduction techniques

About Giclee Printing

The Definition :

Giclee (zhee-klay) - The French word "giclée" is a feminine noun that means a spray or a spurt of liquid. The word may have been derived from the French verb "gicler" meaning "to squirt".

The Term :

 The term  "giclee print" connotes an elevation in printmaking technology. Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction.

The Process :

 Giclee prints are created typically using professional 8-Color to 12-Color ink-jet printers. Among the manufacturers of these printers are vanguards such as Epson, MacDermid Colorspan, & Hewlett-Packard. These modern technology printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets. Giclee prints are sometimes mistakenly referred to as Iris prints, which are 4-Color ink-jet prints from a printer pioneered in the late 1970s by Iris Graphics.

The Advantages :

 Giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. Once an image is digitally archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and reasonable cost. The prohibitive up-front cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated. Archived files will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and film inherently do. Another tremendous advantage of giclee printing is that digital images can be reproduced to almost any size and onto various media, giving the artist the ability to customize prints for a specific client.

The Quality :

 The quality of the giclee print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.

The Market :

Numerous examples of giclee prints can be found in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Chelsea Galleries. Recent auctions of giclee prints have fetched $10,800 for Annie Leibovitz, $9,600 for Chuck Close, and $22,800 for Wolfgang Tillmans (April 23/24 2004, Photographs, New York, Phillips de Pury & Company.)

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