Giclée (pronounced “gee-clay”), from the French word meaning to “squirt” or “spurt”, is a highly sophisticated inkjet printing process that was introduced in the 1980s. It’s so sophisticated, in fact, that it produces open or limited edition prints, which truly capture the artist’s original intent. Even museums have realized the vast potential of this technology and have made giclee editions a permanent part of their collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles to name a few.

Sandy’s prints are created on an Iris® or Mimaki® printer from high-resolution digital images, using the best quality ink. The Iris printer uses Arches® cold press 100% cotton fiber, mould made in France – a wonderful, warm watercolor archival sheet. This is the same paper Sandy paints her originals on. The paper used with the Mimaki is Arches Infinity textured, a bright white sheet that holds fluorescents and is especially suited for printing brilliant floral paintings. This results in color saturation and image detail capture that far exceeds other types of image reproduction.

Giclées are superior to traditional lithography in several ways. The colors are brighter, last longer and are so high-resolution that they are virtually continuous tone, rather than tiny dots. The range, or "gamut" of color for giclées is far beyond that of lithography, and details are crisper. All of this guarantees you a long-lasting museum quality work of art. Each exclusive limited edition print is signed and numbered by the artist.