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First: What is a giclee print?

Most printing is done on high speed rotary presses, printing tiny dots of ink in four primary colors to reproduce the colors of the original. Some fine prints have been made in this way, but the dots, almost but not quite invisible, and the limited depth of ink which can be applied, limit its quality.

In the giclee process a computer controlled moving arm deposits microscopic drops of eight different color inks onto the paper in various combinations to reproduce the colors of the original. The depth of color and the subtle tones achieved make it difficult to tell the print from the original.

The inks used are light fast, and accelerated tests have shown that displayed behind glass, as every print should be, they will last for over ninety years. They are printed on heavyweight textured fine art paper, 100% rag content and acid free.

All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. The editions are limited and once sold out will never be reprinted.

Rosalind Welcher and we who make the prints are so concerned that you be delighted with them, that you may, if you are not delighted, return them within thirty days for a no hassle refund or exchange.

Rosalind Welcher grew up, lived, worked and dodged taxicabs among the skyscrapers of New York. As an artist and writer she excelled in a city where only the best survive. She even has some of her work in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Typing her name on Google will bring up many references including her out of print books still being sought by collectors.

As an amateur sailor she knew the force of the wind on the sails as it drove her boat through sometimes turbulent seas to distant shores. She knew the quiet satisfaction of coming to new ports in foreign lands whose people spoke strange languages, and mingling with them and often making friends. She has walked through the boulevards and alleys of foreign cities, sometimes stopping to make sketches, and unlike tourists with cameras, her sketching always drew a friendly crowd.

Quiet and unassuming, she draws upon her rich experience, lively imagination and sprightly humor to produce works of a delightful quality. It combines the innocent charm of folk art with the sophistication of a highly skilled artist.

She and her husband live and work on a wooded mountainside whose rocky ledges and tumbling brooks they are maintaining as a natural area and wildlife sanctuary. They are on the town’s Conservation Commission and she writes a monthly environmental column in the town newsletter which is widely read. Unfortunately with the constant assaults on the environment, she has plenty to write about.