Materials
Care instructions
Original watercolors: I paint original watercolors on 100% cotton, acid-free watercolor paper. I use highest-quality professional-grade archival watercolor paints, soft pastels, pens, pencils, and mediums.
Prints and giclee prints are available in limited or unlimited editions. Each print specifies whether it is a giclée and is signed and numbered by me. Prints may have slight ratio variations as the original art is resized and/or minor differences in color proper of print editions.
Prints: I have selected Epson Enhanced Matte for my card-format prints. This is an archival-quality paper, and they are printed using Epson archival ink compatibility for exceptional lightfastness.
Giclée: I have selected Epson ColdPress Natural, 305 g/m2, a 100% cotton cold press, for my giclée prints. This paper is acid, lignin and chlorine free, and pH buffered to preserve fine art.
Frames: The artwork that is already framed was professionally framed with archival materials and anti-reflective, UV-filtering art glass.
These are simple tips you can follow to preserve your investment and enjoy your art for many, many years:
Wear gloves to handle your prints at the margins with no pigment. Don’t touch the printed area, even if you are wearing gloves.
Keep them in a cool, dry, and shady place. To exhibit your art, frame it and choose a place that doesn’t receive direct sunlight and won’t be exposed to big swings in temperature and humidity.
Frame it behind UV filter glass or perspex with archival materials. You will receive your prints, each protected by clear archival bags. Keep the prints in their bags until framed.
Store with care. The artwork (original or print) will be sent in a clean, acid-free bag, sometimes with an acid-free backboard to help prevent damage. Please keep it in this package until you exhibit it in a cool, dry, and shady place, in a position that won’t damage the paper (preferably horizontally).