Art prints are reproductions of original artwork.  These reproductions give the buyer the opportunity to own a version of an artist's original artwork without the expense of purchasing an original. 

Lithographs
The most common form of print, today, is the lithograph.  Prints made in this way were originally done by hand on a stone in a long and difficult process to create a short number of prints.  Today this is all done by machine unless the artist states that is is done as an original on the traditional stone.  Most of what we see today is printed as a lithograph of some sort.  All this means is it came off a press using a technology based on the idea that oil and water don't mix.  (long story as to the complete process)  What happens to artwork now is that it is photographed and then that image is broken down into separate images based on color.  One each for; red, blue, yellow, black and sometimes more.  These are then most often transferred to printing plates via a photographic or a digital process.   The press is then run with each plate putting down its color in a dot pattern known as a halftone.  The result is a print on paper of the original artwork that might have been created on canvas or any other surface.

Originally lithograph prints were limited to what could be run before the stone image wore out.  Hence, the number of the signed print had a different value depending how high it was and how near the end of the run.  The editions were short.  Today there is really no limit as to how large an edition could be except what is set by the artist.  Editions that are signed and numbered by the artist will carry more value than a print from an unlimited edition.  Usually the smaller the edition the more expensive each print will be.  Very often as an edition runs out the artist will increase the cost of the print because it is becoming less available except on the resale market.

Serigraphs
The word "serigraph" is a fancy term for a silk screen print.  Silk screen printing is a very old form of reproduction where an image is fastened to a piece of stretched screen and then ink is squeezed through the screen onto paper or some other surface.  Tee shirts, bottles and plastics are printed in this form but in a much more industrial way.  Artists have been using slik screen or the serigraph process for many years.  This was originally done by hand with blocking glues or other substances put directly on the screen and then a color printed and then another screen blocked out with another color and so on and so on until the image was complete.

Today most serigraphs are made with some sort of photographic process where the screen is a sensitized surface and the various color layers put on and printed one at a time.  It is a much more labor intensitive process than lithography and will usually result in a much shorter run or edition. 

My Prints
The prints I have for sale on line at this site are both lithographs and a serigraph.  The lithographs were printed from original paints on canvas I had done some years ago.  The prints wsere made then but because of being busy with other projects have not been available for sale until recently.  The are printed on 100% rag paper and ready for framing.  Each is signed and numbered by me and are sold a prograessive numbered order. 

The serigraph on sale here on line is one that was made as a variation of a painting I did called "Jennifer"  It was printed by me, by hand, in my studio.  It is a 9 color printing.  The edition is very small. 

To purchase prints, CLICK HERE, or use the contact form to send me any questions concerning any of the prints.