Hand Finished Canvas Print
Limited Edition, 50
16" x 16"
This is a scene I drive through many times a week. It's on my way to Safeway. I never quite know what the light will look like when I turn down the hill from Irving and drive out from behind the trees to see the bridge and the Pacific off in the distance. This was one of the more glorious discoveries.
35th and Harrison, Astoria, Print
My hand finished canvas prints begin with a high quality print on primed, canvas roll. This is a "giclee print", which is a print made by a high end, large format, high resolution inkjet printer.
These specialty fine art printers have improved radically in recent years, often surpassing the quality of traditional printing methods.
After the image is printed on canvas, I mount the print on on 1/4" birch plywood, trim the plywood, and put the piece on my easel. Then I begin a technique called "glazing" where I'm enhancing the darkest darks, the lightest lights, and the most color saturated hues by hand.
I occasionally rework different areas. Hand finishing is essentially like starting work on the original painting nearly that's nearly complete. So if I see a place I want to develop a little further, or modify a bit, I do it.
When the paint is dry, I clear coat the canvas for durability.
I hand frame the piece, then add wire and bumpers.
Finally, I sign and number it with its number within the limited edition.Each hand finished canvas print is unique.
While not intended to look like the original (which are usually painted on panel, not canvas) patrons regularly report that they look like originals and have a "hand finished" look. Most people don't think they look like prints because of this hand finished qualities.