Giclee Prints on Canvas

Like offset lithographs, Giclée prints start with an original painting. A transparency of the original is scanned into a computer, where it can be color corrected, stored digitally and printed out as needed. Using pigment based inks, a series of tiny nozzles spray the canvas with a fine spray.  Because there are no line screens involved, Giclée prints have a higher resolution than offset lithographs, (about 1800 dots per inch) In offset lithographs each dot of color is encircled by white space, like in newspaper printing. In the Giclée process, however, inks are sprayed as droplets rather than dots; each droplet bleeds into the canvas creating a more continuous tone. The Giclée prints' inks are a pigment based ink, verses an ink which uses dyes, and have been tested for longevity and outlast most lithograph inks being used. The Pigment particles are larger then that of dye particles, and are hold color longer. The prints have shown to last 85-100 years without noticeable fading, assuming certain care factors are followed, allowing archival museum-quality prints.

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Paint The Town

Frame Options 8 x 10
PAINT THE TOWN
Limited Edition of 95 Giclee prints on canvas 8 x 10  Signed & Numbered.
 
A Broad Tail Hummingbird is drawn by the red flowers of the Scarlet Yucca.  The flowers are abundant in Southwestern landscapes and thrive in warm climates.
Native Americans often refer to Hummers as the littlest warriors as they  fear nothing.  The hummer in Paint The Town is a male and has a scarlett red throat .

A Touch of Paradise

Frame Options 12 x 16 18 x 24

A TOUCH OF PARADISE 
Limited Edition of 95 Giclee prints on canvas 12 x 16  Signed & Numbered.
 
A Broad-Billed Hummingbird is about to dip into a beautiful Yellow Bird of Paradise. (Caesalpinia gilliesii) The flowers are abundant in Southwestern landscapes and thrive in warm climates.
The Broad-Billed Hummingbird is found in Southeastern Arizona, Southwestern New Mexico and Mexico.  
Native Americans often refer to them as the littlest warriors as they seem to fear nothing.  The hummer in A Touch of Paradise is a male and has a blue throat and red bill.    

Midas Touch

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MIDAS TOUCH
Limited Edition of 95 Signed and Numbered -
Giclee on fine canvas  8 x 10 inches

Many of my hummingbird paintings involve cacti. I use the cactus from around my house and in the desert behind my house.  I have a feeder outside my window and have plenty of models for my "hummers".  Our most common species of hummingbirds in the Las Cruces area are the Broad Tail, Black Chinned and Rufus.  Many times I will work a medallion into the sky as a sun or moon with a hummingbird design in the beads.      

​Thistle Dance

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THISTLE DANCE
​Limited Edition of 95 signed and numbered -
Giclee on canvas 10 x 8 inches

Not all of Southern New Mexico is desert.  We have
beautiful mountains too and in the summer the Thistles
grow wild there.   Our most common species of
hummingbirds in the Las Cruces area are the Broad Tail
and the female is known by her white tips on the tail and
no ruby throat.

​The Lady or The Tiger

Frame Options 10 x 8
THE LADY OR THE TIGER
Limited Edition of 95 signed and numbered - Giclee on canvas 10 x 8 inches

My Mom grew some beautiful Tiger Lilies this year in her garden and I just had to paint them.  There is a short story by Frank L Stockton called The Lady or The Tiger.  I remember reading it a very long time ago when I was in High School.  It was a philosophical story about life choices and worth reading.  The hummingbird in the painting is a female Broad Tail hummer, which are common to our area of the Southwest.  The female doesn't have a red throat and she has white tips on her tail.