Halkides produces all images using an archival Giclée process, with the print mounted on an acid-free substrate, Gatorboard®, ready for framing. Prints are borderless and signed by the artist.

All Giclée prints are protected by applying up to five coats of Eco-Print Shield®, which is a water-based liquid that is sprayed on as a fine mist, slowly, with 30-minute drying periods between coats.  As it dries and cures it turns into a clear, glossy, water-resistant UV protectant. It will protect the image surface to a degree, but care should be taken as it by no means protects as well as more traditional but also very heavy glass or plexiglass. These are fine art prints and should be hung in areas similar to where you would hang a fine painting.

Where the likelihood of touching is high, Halkides offers a special UV-protectant, non-reflective laminate that is applied using a heat process and provides greater protection to the print surface.  Regardless, care must be taken to protect the surface as with any fine art work.

Giclée Prints

The art of fine art printing has become even more precise with the advent of the revolutionary Giclée (zhee-clay) printing process. The photographic image is first preserved in digital format by either initially using a high resolution digital camera or by scanning the image on to a computer--in effect "digitizing" the image so that it may be reproduced on an archival reproduction paper made specifically for this purpose.

The Giclée process is simply a fine stream of ink (more than four million droplets per second) spraying onto archival art paper. The art of darkroom manipulation and creation has been replaced by the equally artistic creative skills of computer manipulation and adjustment. This produces combinations capable of reproducing millions of colors using highly saturated, archival ink having a higher resolution than lithographs and the dynamic color range is equal or greater than the darkroom print.

Giclées are appearing in the finest galleries and museums. Understanding the process is fast becoming a necessity for everyone who wants to be up-to-date on the current state-of-the-art world for limited editions. Among some of the museums exhibiting giclée are: The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The British Museum, The Getty Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and many other prestigious organizations. There is no finer print available for collectors than the giclée process for fine art signed and numbered prints.

The Giclée has become Halkides' printing method of choice.

Purchasing Prints

All of these and many other prints are for sale. Standard prices are:

Any price variations for specific prints will be noted on the purchase options for those prints. You may use the Shopping Cart or contact Halkides directly either by email or telephone about any purchase, questions on images, information on the hundreds of other images he has that haven't been added to the website, or simply to get image information.

Design professional discounts available.

Payments

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Dennis Halkides Galleries
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Redding, CA 96002

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