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Featured Artist: Paul Collins
Michigan native Paul Collins is renowned locally, nationally, and worldwide for his realistic portrayals of everyday life, his focus on people from a variety of cultures, and his showcasing of important and uplifting moments in history. From his roots in the Black community of West Michigan, he’s traveled around the world creating art, from Native…
Featured Artist: Jessy Poole
Jessy Poole first discovered Grand River Giclée through our listing on ArtFairInsiders.com. After comparing prints from several companies, she chose to work with us for one key reason: quality. “After ordering prints from other companies to compare quality, I chose Grand River Giclée. They had the best prices for the pigment-based printing that I was…
Making the Most of Your Investment in Giclée Prints
Artists offer giclée prints to their customers for a variety of reasons. Giclée prints can broaden artists’ market to customers who aren’t ready to purchase an original. They also allow artists to profit repeatedly over time—paying dividends on the creative work invested in originals. A recent review of our work from Lauchlan Davis sums up…
What Makes Giclée Printing Different and Better?
Giclée printing has become the gold standard for fine art reproduction over the last 30 years—and for good reason. Artists, photographers, and collectors choose giclée prints for their unmatched quality, longevity, and color accuracy. Here’s why this process stands apart from other printing methods. 1. Superior Archival Quality Giclée prints last. With current technology, a…
How Much Can I Charge for a Giclée Print?
If you are an established artist, what strategy do you use for pricing your giclée prints? At Grand River Giclée, we often work with early career artists who are new to having prints made of their work. A common question we hear often in our conversations is “How much can I charge for a giclée…
featured artist: Abdoulaye Conde
Congratulations to Abdoulaye Conde for winning first place in the public vote in the 2023 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Abdoulaye takes home a prize of $125,000 for his entry “Raining Wisdom,” a 30×66 foot mural depicting an idyllic scene of humans and elephants playfully interacting in an African river. According to Abdoulaye, “This…
Eliminating Glare with Polarized Lighting
One of the biggest challenges in photographing artwork is eliminating glare. This is less of a problem when photographing matte surfaced work like watercolor paintings, but can be a real problem with work that has an inherent sheen. Here we will discuss a number of strategies for eliminating glare with polarized lighting. Let’s go through…
Featured Artist: Kelli Bechtel
A wildlife artist, Kelli Bechtel creates realistic renderings of wild animals. She uses paint, graphite, watercolor and ink, but favors the intricate quality of colored pencil. She focuses on endangered species, to promote their conservation through art. Kelli has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing from Kendall College of Art and Design. Passionate about…
Featured Artist: Rob Penning
Rob Penning, an art educator of 33 years, creates surreal paintings and three-dimensional works that the mind of the viewer. He creates geometric worlds in his paintings that alter reality in a way that viewers immerse themselves into the canvas. With a Undergrad and Masters Degree from Calvin College, Penning is the master of his…