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Image Quality and the pursuit of excellence

I was introduced to the Iris/Giclee print process in the fall of 1997. Prior to that, I had never seen a photograph printed on watercolor paper, apart from a few lithographs of Andre Martin's work at the Gallerie Delpire in Paris in 1975.

The look of the image on a watercolor substrate such as Somerset Velvet was the effect I had been searching for throughout my 36 years as a photographer. It was painterly as opposed to plastic. The image appeared to have a depth and a dimensionality that was lost on glossy paper. Most observers would comment, "these images do not look like photographs." It is, to me, simply the most exciting, most beautiful improvement to color printing since the first autochromes.

The Giclee process offers the option of printing on many different substrates, including Arches and Somerset Velvet watercolor papers. This "tactile" appearance does not come across on a computer monitor for obvious reasons. Color monitors also tend to render areas of continuous tone, such as: blue skies, dune faces, and shadow areas, as block patterns, in contrast to the uniform, continuous tones as they appear in the original photograph. This is entirely "artifact" which is a function of a 72 DPI image on a color monitor. Rest assured, it is not present in any print. -- Lawrence Beck

Online catalog

The catalog is organized by subject matter: Wildlife, Dunescapes, Mayan Color, Mediterranean, Waves, Sandstone Abstracts, Plants and Flowers, and Boats.

We provide you with three different ways of viewing the images:

Slide shows: When a slide show is selected, a new image will appear on the screen every 15 seconds.

List: One image at a time will be displayed on the screen. Viewers can advance the images by clicking the "Next" button.

Thumbnails: Small versions of all images in a gallery will appear on the screen. To look at a larger version of the thumbnail image just click on the thumbnail image.

To order a print, simply browse our online catalog and fill out the order form. We will contact you within two business days with a complete confirmation of your order, including payment and shipping terms.

A percentage of all sales of wildlife images will be donated to the Save the Rhino Trust in Namibia, Africa.

RSVP - Joining our mailing list

This mailing list will notify our guests when new pieces are added to the online gallery or when print showings are announced (San Francisco Bay Area).

Print types

We currently offer four types of printed work: digital prints, giclee fine art prints, Fuji Supergloss, and Polaroid image transfers.

Framing

Frame options include: prints only, matted, Nielsen metal, wood moulding, and custom hardwoods.