In our last blog, we talked about how easy it is to upgrade your home décor by bringing art on canvas into your home. This time, we’ll talk about the different kinds of canvas reproductions, so you can be a discerning art buyer.
There are two great ways to bring the textured look and feel of original canvas paintings into your home – Canvas Transfers and Giclée Canvas. Although the processes are quite different for each, the result is the same: a beautiful work of art with a vividness and depth that cannot be achieved on paper.
Canvas Transfers
In creating a canvas transfer, the original image is lifted from a paper print, transferred and permanently mounted onto artist-grade canvas. This process elegantly seals and preserves the images in acrylic, which gives them the deep and lustrous texture characteristic of genuine oil paintings.
Canvas Transfers are available in a wide range of subjects, from Abstracts to Animals, Cuisine-themed art, Florals, Figures, Landscapes, Sea & Shore, World Culture, and more at ArtSelect.com
Giclée (Printed on) Canvas
Giclée, a French word pronounced “Jhee-Clay,” literally means “to spray”. To produce a giclée work, the images are digitally captured and printed directly onto artist-grade canvas using highly sophisticated inkjet printers and archival-quality ink. These fade-resistant, collector-quality works of art are guaranteed to retain their color and detail for over 100 years.
Giclée printers use six ink colors, compared to four in traditional lithography, and spray tiny pixels of archival ink for rich, long-lasting color and detail. The colors mix on the surface to create true colors, rather than the dots that the eye has to blend together in a lithograph, resulting in a finished artwork much more like the original painting.
Finishing Touches—to Frame or Not to Frame?
The deep surface texture of canvas works well framed or unframed. Again, it’s a matter of personal preference. Our online Custom Frame Shop makes it easy for you to explore a wide range of elegant frames to match your home décor. You can also try the sleek, modern look of a deep museum wrap for a stunning, museum-quality presentation.
For decorating inspiration, visit our new giclée canvas collection. You’ll find custom-frameable fine art and photography, and more.
The Museum, Claude Monet
For authentic canvas transfers and giclée, visit the online gallery at ArtSelect.com. We offer a wide range of the highest-quality art on canvas available in genres ranging from Abstract Art to Impressionism. You’ll find works by all your favorites, including Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Klimt, O’Keeffe, Kandinsky, Degas, and many more.
With today’s sophisticated reproduction technologies, anyone can relish the rich, textured presentation of an original work of art in his or her own home—but without the costly expense. Dress your walls with our exquisite art-on-canvas titles by historic and contemporary artists, and see the difference.
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