A Giclée print is the highest quality print available today. The word Giclée is a French word meaning 'to squirt'. The process is digital printmaking with a printer that uses minute droplets of archival ink to create prints that cannot be duplicated by other printing techniques. Because there is no visible dot screen pattern the resulting image has all of the subtle tonalities of the original art. Each dot may have over 4 billion possible colors! This produces exceptional museum quality prints. In the past, trying to have my art reproduced usually resulted in a shortened lifespan and massive hair loss for the printer. My colors were almost impossible to reproduce because I use such subtle glazes in my paintings. With this new technology the printer can achieve a true reproduction of my original in any size from 1" (for those with very small rooms) to 46", printed on the same archival watercolor paper I use for my original painting. The new inks used in Giclee printing have the same longevity as the watercolor paints I use in my paintings. This highest quality printing is made affordable for a collector because each limited edition print is printed on demand. I have done extensive research to find the finest Giclee printer. I wanted someone who had a great eye for color,who shared my desire to produce the perfect print,and someone who had infinite patience (color proofing can be very time consuming). I found a printer in NYC who creates prints for NYC museums that are perfect reproductions of the masters. The prints he produces for me are indistinguishable from my original paintings. The sense of humor was a bonus. Among the many museums with Iris prints in their collections are: The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum New York, Los Angeles County Museum, Museum of Modern Art New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Click on watercolors to return to home page.

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Welcome to my site! My watercolor paintings are reproduced using the Giclee printing process because it accurately duplicates the luminous quality of my watercolor washes. My limited edition Giclee prints are printed on a heavyweight archival watercolor paper, the same paper I use for my original watercolor paintings. Each print is signed and numbered. NEW BOOK: My painting "Kyoto" is featured in the "The Artful Home" book by Toni Sikes. You can purchase the book at: Guild NEW PUBLICATION: This Spring my paintings will be featured in "Open Studios Magazine" Copies can be purchased here: Open Studios Press My watercolor paintings reproduced as prints can also be purchased through the Guild.com The Fall 2003 issue of American Artist's Watercolor Magazine featured an extensive article on my watercolor paintings. The article can be viewed on my BLOG Home | Info | Life | Unwrapped | Capistrano | Kyoto | Summer | Eleuthera | CaymanPalm | BleedingHearts | Morning | Poppies | Unwound | Tulips | Summer Fruit | Iris | Orchid | Links | What is a Giclee? | Two Poppies | Iris II | Lotus | About the Artist My new website is now online, although still a work in progress I've added many new watercolor paintings and posters: watercolor-paintings.com To add your name to my mailing list for notification about new watercolor paintings or prints or for comments and questions please click on this link: Najaka I enjoy hearing from visitors to my site. *OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT: We do NOT sell, rent, or share your name and/or personal information with anyone. Watercolor paintings by Marlies Merk Najaka are copyrighted and may not be reprinted without the written permission of the artist.Downloading images from the website is a violation of copyright. To learn more about Copyright please click HERE Last Updated May 6,2008 Payments can be made using Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Paypal Translate with Google