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Print Release

Prints of “The Wild West” by Amy Guidry; paper size 11″w x 14″high; image size 9″wide by 12.5″high; (c) Amy Guidry 2017

Prints of The Wild West are in!  A few have already sold to various parts of the United States and to England to those that signed up for early notification, but there are still prints available.  This is a limited edition run of 50.  Each Giclée is hand signed and numbered on acid-free, 100% cotton, archival 230 gsm paper, 11″ wide by 14″ high (image size is 10″ wide by 12.5″ high), for $50.  Contact me here: https://amyguidry.com/contact.html with your postal code and I’ll get you a shipping quote (international inquiries welcome) and a PayPal invoice.


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Prints Coming

“The Wild West” by Amy Guidry; Acrylic on canvas; 24″w x 30″h; (c) Amy Guidry 2017

Prints of The Wild West will soon be available!  This is only the second painting to be available in print form.  This will be a limited edition run of 50 Giclées, hand signed and numbered, 11″ wide by 14″ high on acid-free, 100% cotton, archival 230 gsm paper, $50 each.  The prints will be available next week, so if you want to be notified before they are announced online, contact me to get on the list: https://amyguidry.com/contact.html.


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Prints

"Everything's Coming Up Roses" by Amy Guidry; (c) Amy Guidry 2016
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” by Amy Guidry; (c) Amy Guidry 2016

There are still prints available of my painting, Everything’s Coming Up Roses– the first (and only) time this painting is available as a print.  This is a limited edition series of 50 giclée prints, signed and numbered (as you can see above).  Each giclée is 100% cotton rag, Acid-free, archival, 230 gsm paper, 14″ wide by 11″ high for $50.  View the painting and purchase: http://amyguidry.com/everythings_roses.html 


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Prints arrived

"Everything's Coming Up Roses" by Amy Guidry; (c) Amy Guidry 2016
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” by Amy Guidry; (c) Amy Guidry 2016

Prints of my painting, Everything’s Coming Up Roses, are in!  This is a limited edition run of giclée prints, $50 each plus shipping (usually $7.05 in the United States).  They are signed and numbered on 100% cotton rag, Acid-free, archival, 230 gsm paper, 14″ wide by 11″ high.  Contact me at: http://amyguidry.com/contact.html.

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Prints

"Everything's Coming Up Roses" by Amy Guidry; acrylic on canvas; 40"w x 30"h; (c) Amy Guidry 2016
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” by Amy Guidry; acrylic on canvas; 40″w x 30″h; (c) Amy Guidry 2016

I have a big announcement.  For the first time ever, I will have prints of Everything’s Coming Up Roses.  I have done a limited edition run of 14″ wide x 11″ high giclees and they will be available soon for $50.  If you would like to be notified as soon as they are available, message me or email me with the best way to contact you.

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Prints: An Overview

As some of you may know, I do not offer prints of my work.  I’ve only ever had a handful of people ask me if I make prints of my paintings, so I’ve never felt it was a popular item.  I even took a poll and people were 100% interested in Original Work only.  Many would rather have a small painting than a reproduction.  With that said, I thought it would be useful to give an overview of prints for those of you on the fence about offering prints or if you are looking to purchase a print.

First, the term “print” has become a bit muddied.  I use the term print here because that has become the common understanding, however, print actually comes from the process of printmaking.  Printmaking involves creating an image by etching, drawing, or carving  on various media such as wood, copper, linoleum, stone, fabric, etc. and inking the design before pressing it by hand or through a printing press to transfer the image.  The original work used to create the fine art print is created by the artist and destroyed by the artist afterwards.  Hence, the edition of prints is limited.

Digital prints, reproductions, or giclees are printouts of an existing artwork, usually printed by someone other than the artist, and are never truly limited as anyone can print the image again since it is digital.  (There is no plate to destroy.)  Regardless of the quality of the reproduction, these type of prints do not go up in value as they are not an actual fine art print.  In addition, many of these prints are not even produced with the original work of art present, therefore the colors in the printout will vary from the original.

That being said, I am an artist and having actually studied printmaking as part of my college curriculum, I do have a bias for original art.  However, if you are a fan of Van Gogh, for example, the only way you can feasibly own an image of his work would be through a reproduction.  Be sure to look for high quality, archival materials- meaning they will hold up over time and not fade- when purchasing your prints.  Prints can fade easily not only due to UV exposure, but also humidity, temperature, and even the air.

So next time you are considering a fine art print or a reproduction, here is a glossary of terms to look for:

Aquatint: A process imitating watercolor or wash drawings by etching a microscopic crackle on the copperplate intended for printing.

Artist’s Proof: An early set of prints pulled for the artist’s own use, marked as A.P.  Sometimes (10-30%) higher in value than the regular edition prints.

Drypoint: Engraving technique, especially on copper, in which a needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.

E.A.: (epreuve d’ artiste) French for Artist’s proof.

Edition: A number of art prints of the same image, all the same size and as close to identical as possible.

Etching: Image created on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.

Giclee: Printed artwork or photograph produced by using a high quality digital inkjet printer.

Intaglio: Incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.

Linoleum Cut (or Linocut): A relief technique using linoleum rather than wood.

Lithography: Image created on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, in which printing ink sticks to the greasy areas.

Mezzotint: A method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.

PA: (Prova d’Autore) Italian for Artist’s proof.

Silkscreen (or Serigraph): a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a wooden frame and the image is painted on the screen or affixed by stencil, and printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.

Woodcut: Carving into a block of wood in which prints are made from the inked relief areas.

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