JUNE 2004 – THE CALGARY FLAMES – R. BATEMAN – T. ROMANCE
- CONGRATULATIONS
- NEW RELEASES from Bateman and Romance.
- GRAB N’ RUN
- DID YOU KNOW
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THREE GAME SERIES FOR THE STANLEY CUP
It was widely considered at the beginning of the season, The Calgary Flames’ primary goal was to make the playoffs. As this amazing run for the cup comes to a three game series Calgary is an excited town. ARTWEST loves hockey. Thus, www.calgaryflamesart.com
Hockey fan or not, there are some dynamite images that need to be seen…Father’s Day is coming (there is still time)…the hockey fan…(Flames fan even?) The fantastic images are from Next Wave, a new partner of ARTWEST. If I had to explain in one sentence…Next Wave has a very unique style and technique for producing sports artwork prints; namely, high quality, vibrant, NHL licensed Player Prints.
We also tagged up with another company that has them framed, and framed with hockey cards and plaques - ready to hang!
Back to the hockey theme for a moment…In honor of hockey in June…and sorry non-hockey fans.
JAROME IGINLA Limited Edition Giclee Canvas
Stretched canvas size 24” x 38”
112 s/n
$625.00 cdn = $465.00 USD (its on CalgaryFlames.com for 699.00 cdn)
This canvas is on all the Sports Shopping portals and sites for $899.00 USD and $1150.00 CDN YIKES!! - This is a wicked price for a 24” x 36” giclee canvas…sorry to sound like an infomercial but its true.
Take a peek from the homepage by clicking the crook.
(If you still see “SENTINEL and sentinel COUGAR” simply refresh the page in your browser)
Fast pucks? A badminton shuttle travels easily up to 180 km/h (112 mph). It is one of the fastest objects in sports.
The dog on "His Master's Voice" label is Nipper, a stray found in 1884 by the brother of the guy who painted the picture of the dog listening to a gramophone. Also hence the music store…HMV.
The Canary Islands are named after Dogs - The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs.
"It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them."
--Joanna Field
MAY 2004 - super-condensed version
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7 PRINTS FOR SALE
Just a quick notice to let you know of a few prints available for a quick move…
TRISHA ROMANCE – “YELLOW RIBBONS” – value 475.00 cdn
350.00 cdn – 255.00 usd
ROBERT BATEMAN – “EVENING LIGHT - ELK” - value 445.00 cdn
360.00 cdn – 265.00 usd
ROBERT BATEMAN – “MIDNIGHT BLACK WOLF” framed – value 2700.00 cdn
2200.00 cdn – 1595.00 usd
ROBERT BATEMAN – “MIDNIGHT BLACK WOLF” GICLEE CANVAS – value 3500.00 cdn
2595.00 cdn – 1889.00 usd
RANDY FEHR – “THE DEER WATCHERS” – value 2000.00 cdn
1600.00 cdn – 1160.00 usd
MARIO FERNANDEZ – “PRINCE OF THE NORTH” – value 155.00 cdn
115.00 cdn - 85.00 usd
ROD FREDERICK – “TREETOP FLIER- OWL” framed– value 315.00 cdn
229.00.00 cdn - 169.00 usd
New things coming in June including the master train work of Max Jacquiard.
Stay tuned…
APRIL 2004 UPDATE
- THE ART OF TERRY REDLIN
- NEW SERIES FROM MICHAEL GODARD
- GRAB N’ RUN SALE
- DID YOU KNOW
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TERRY REDLIN NOW AVAILABLE
ARTWEST is now an authorized dealer for the art of Terry Redlin.
We have had many inquiries for Terry Redlin, and are pleased to be able to more effectively offer his work to you. Redlin was named ‘America's Most Popular Artist for seven consecutive years by U.S. Art magazine’. His view……a glorious sunset is the only way to end a perfect day.
We have updated his page to include about 30 images now available…as well as a handful of other titles…Remember we can still source secondary market Redlins too.
MICHAEL GODARD has released two new series in his imaginative style of crazy olives and grapes with issues. THE REAL ESTATE SERIES (2) and THE DEVIL SERIES (6).
· One raw bell pepper has more vitamin C than a cup of orange juice.
· A mulligan is a golfer's right to replay a tee shot on the first hole of a golf course. A Scotsman named Mulligan (so history has it) was infamous for always blowing his first shot of the day.
· The Emu and the Kangaroo can't walk backwards…for this reason they appear on the Australian Coat of Arms
"Needless fear and panic over disease and misfortune that seldom materialize are simply bad habits. By proper ventilation and illumination of the mind it is possible to cultivate tolerance, poise and real courage." --Elie Metchnikoff
MARCH 2004 UPDATE
- NEW BILL BROWNRIDGE
- SCULPTURE SITE LAUNCHED….hmm, sounds ‘spacey’…
- NEW LOOK
- GRAB N’ RUN SALE
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NEW ART FROM BILL BROWNRIDGE
If you haven’t heard of him…maybe its time you peeked. Bill uses a technique called ‘pointillism’ with dramatic and awesome results. If you like the use of color and kids (and maybe some hockey as well)…check out his page.
As mentioned in a prior newsletter, we have launched a site dedicated to sculpture.
In particular the showcasing of the clear acrylic resin sculpture called GHOSTRIDERS.
There are also a handful of western bronzes by one of the collaborating artists who helped create GHOSTRIDERS. His name is Arno Lukas. This site will grow in the coming weeks with new additions in bronze and a few others. If you have any sculptures you have interest in selling contacts us and we may be able to help.
March’s will be one of the underrated artist Ron Parker’s best images.
CREEKSIDE COUGAR
Image size 20" x 32"
It is number 901/950 and the print was published in 1986. The print is in mint condition in the original folder from Mill Pond and has never been framed.
Issue price $325.00 CDN – ($225.00 USD)
CURRENTLY VALUED AT $350 - 400 CDN ($255 – 305 USD)
GRAB N' RUN PRICE
$235.00 cdn - $175.00 usd
First reply takes it. Take a peek from the homepage by clicking the crook.
(If you still see “IRISH CHURCH AND BARN OWL” simply refresh the page in your browser)
"Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable."
-Theodore N. Vail
FEBRUARY 2004 UPDATE
- NEW RELEASES
- SPORTS & THE MEDDITEREANIAN
- UPDATED CLEARANCE PAGE
- GRAB N’ RUN SALE
- THE ART OF MICHAEL GODARD
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NEW RELEASES
Check out the new releases page. It has been updated with new images from
Bateman and a handful of great images from Daniel Smith.
Go to new releases >>
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MORE NEW STUFF
Newly added this month are images from extreme sports photographer Marko Shapiro.
There are a half dozen dynamic limited edition photo prints of HANG GLIDING, KAYAKING, SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING.
Check them out >>
We have also added a few images of one of Mill Pond’s newest artists, Tom Swimm. There are three very cool, Mediterranean waterfront images, with lots of color
Michael Godard has a semi steady flow of new releases. He needs to produce paintings consistently to supply the growing sales of his giclee canvas prints.
He is one of the hottest selling artists in North America, with his editions selling out quickly and regularity. If you haven’t browsed his page in awhile or need to see some swimming olives or splashing strawberries…
We naturally got very busy the last couple of months so apologies for disappearing. You have not been forgotten.
Let me take this opportunity to thank you for supporting ARTWEST continually. As many of you know, aside from website sales, custom framing and brokering secondary market prints, six months of the year we do many public and private exhibitions. A portion of the proceeds from all these show sales is donated to charity and non-profit organizations. We were able to donate in 2003, over $3000 to charitable causes.
Thank you.
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NEW RELEASES
Check out the new releases from Carl Brenders (5 amazing prints),
Martini Club by Michael Godard,
Thundering Sea from Fred Buchwitz and a very cool print from Bateman.
If you haven’t already seen them…or if you want another peek. go to new releases
These are now ready to order.
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MORE NEW STUFF
As you saw in the newsletter Boxing Day, there are a handful of framed prints we were selling off on the recently updated CLEARANCE page…there are still a few left.
We have added more images to the PRIVATE ART SALES PAGES, as well as Glenn Olson’s page.
There will be additions to many more pages in January as well as a couple of new artists to the site.
We have marked down a handful of Fred Buchwitz best prints and a giclee canvas.
If you have never seen his paintings and enjoy landscapes and the outdoors, you should
check them out. Nice savings…some up to 40% off !
THE GICLEE REVOLUTION
We came across a very interesting article on the giclee print.
Whether you own a giclee(s)…(teach your friends what you have)…or if you’ve thought about buying one…you should read this.
We’ve attached it at the bottom of this newsletter…
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GRAB N’ RUN SALE
Robert Bateman “Passing Fancy – Lion Cubs and Rhino”
is up for grabs for July. It is sold out at the publisher. It is mint, unframed with the documents.
Take a peek from the homepage by clicking the crook.
(If you still see Jarome Iginla simply refresh the page in your browser)
·Check out the updated Clearance-Hot Buys page...(there are actually 2 of these.) Every print has been further reduced, with a few new ones as well
·We also have a half-dozen, awesome Calgary Flames framed prints left. They are reduced as well. See them on the Hot Buys page at www.calgaryflamesart.com
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live a life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
- Henry David Thoreau
The Giclee Revolution
Famous artists do it. Leading galleries do it. World-class museums do it. Even unknown artists do it. What all of them "do" is use the revolutionary process known as giclee or digital printing to create, show, and sell original works of art, multiple originals, and extraordinarily accurate reproductions.
These giclee prints - a blend of fine art and state-of-the-art technology - are a far cry from the earlier Iris prints developed for posters and proofing. Printed on the highest quality archival substrates and inks, the new giclees have all the continuous tone characteristics and color saturation of the original work of art. In fact, when hand embellished by the artists, they are themselves an original work of art.
Blending Art and Technology
Giclee prints can be original art generated in the computer, multiple originals based on artwork created in or out of the computer specifically for the process, or high quality reproductions of original artwork.
For reproductions, the technical part of the giclee process typically begins with either a digital photo of an original art work or a scan of a high quality copy transparency of the artwork. In either case the file is downloaded onto a computer. In many cases the artist and/or publisher sit down with the printmaker at a high resolution monitor to crop, size, adjust softening and highlighting, adjust color, or possibly to manipulate all or selective parts of an image. This is all done with sophisticated graphics software, and the possibilities for experimentation are virtually endless.
Once the final proof (also known as bon-a-tirer) is signed by the artist, the actual printmaking process can begin. At this point the paper, canvas, or other substrate is wrapped around a large drum in the printer. After careful cleaning of the substrate the actual printmaking begins.
As the large drum rotates at a very high, controlled speed, a set of four nozzles begins to slowly traverse across the drum. As these four nozzles - one for each of the process colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black - move across the drum, a highly controlled, incredibly small stream of ink is directed at the paper. This stream of ink is composed of individual drops, each about three picoliters in volume (smaller than a red blood cell). The computer controls it so that the image is faithfully reproduced on the spinning drum. After 45 to 60 minutes the printing process is complete.
Giclees can be printed on most absorbent media - from acid free paper and canvas to silk and leather - up to 35 x 47 inches. The most frequent media is high quality watercolor paper and canvas.
Archival characteristics or permanency is a very important factor in fine art printing. The weight of the paper, its texture and its color are artistic decisions. The size and price of the medium is an economic decision.
With an apparent 1800 d.p.i. (dots per inch) visual resolution and no "digital signature," it's not surprising that distinguishing a giclee print from an original is very difficult. And it's only going to become more difficult as new digital print technology produces more life-like prints better and faster.
The Fading/Permanence Issue
From the beginning, giclee prints have been under the critical microscope, more so than any other art medium. And probably for good reason. The inks used in the early days of Iris printing were beautiful but highly fugitive, meaning they lasted for only two or three years before noticeable fading began. Unfortunately, some printers used these inks when printing fine art prints, which led to the perception that giclees, as a rule, tended to fade.
That was then. Standards are being developed and accurate information about the archival characteristics of inks and papers is being published. To develop the information, Wilhelm tested the inks on specific substrates in controlled environments that approximated the lighting in an "average" gallery. He found no noticeable fading for 20 to 24 years on the papers most commonly used for fine art printing, and even longer on some papers.
The tradeoff is between the permanency of ink and its color gamut. As inks become more permanent they also tend to have a reduced color range. This tradeoff is very clear today as the two most popular inks for fine art printing each have different strengths. The soon-to-be-released fine art ink set from Lyson has a 65- to 75-year life on some media.
This new information and the explosive growth of the industry has spurred the development of a new generation of fine art inks that offers all the permanence expected of a work of fine art.
Written by Michael H. Brown This article is from ArtTrends Magazine "Giclees Today"
(A special supplement to the August/Sept 1998 ArtTrends, pages 10-12)
Fast pucks? A badminton shuttle travels easily up to 180 km/h (112 mph). It is one of the fastest objects in sports.
