Christine Dougherty Fine Art

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I have recently opened a shop on 1000 Markets, a new venue for fine art and craft.
Stop by and let me know what you think.
www.doughertyfineart.1000markets.com

  I have been awarded a Regional Artist Project Grant by the Asheville Area Arts Council! My project involves exploring encaustic painting (using wax as a medium) with bees as a subject matter. Please see my blog for new work coming soon! www.cedougherty.blogspot.com

I am offering my giclee prints on my etsy site, so if you are interested, please check it out:
www.DoughertyFineArt.etsy.com

I am happy to announce that I am offering giclee' prints of three of my paintings. The 'Blue Crab' is offered as a giclee on canvas and Paper, and 'into the clouds' and 'vw buddies' are offered as giclees on paper. Please see the images on my gallery page, with more info on pricing and sizes.  The blue crab original is no longer available, but the other two paintings are still available.
Please see below for more information on the giclee printing process.

The art of fine art printing has become even more precise with the advent of the revolutionary Giclee (ghee-clay) printing process. A giclee print is as rewarding visually as it is technically amazing.  For brilliant, exquisite color and razor sharp detail it is unsurpassed. This type of art reproduction is quickly becoming the new standard in the art industry, and is widely embraced for its quality by major museums, galleries, publishers, and artists. A Giclee Print is simply the closest duplication of an original artwork that is humanly, mechanically, or technically possible.

The cornerstone of this process is enhanced digital ink jet printing. The printers are specifically designed for the rigorous and precise criteria of fine art collectors and connoisseurs of museum quality, limited
edition prints.

The word Giclee itself is French, and means spurt or squirt, in this case meaning, "spray of ink".  Once completed an image is comprised of literally billions of droplets of ink. The latest Giclee Printing Technology enhanced the standard 4-color process to an
8-color process.

The resulting print has no perceptible dot pattern, an endless array of richly saturated color, and every nuance of the original image. The most archival, water based lightfast inks available in the world are used. The latest inks offer a 150 year light-fastness and UV-resistance under museum archival condition.

Beyond this description, a Giclee Print simply must be seen to be fully appreciated. Fine Art Galleries across the country are warmly receiving GICLEE.