What are Digital Paintings?

Digital Paintings are created using software such as Corel®  Painter™  IX, Corel Painter Essentials®  and Adobe Photoshop®  along with a Wacom®  tablet to render photographic images into digitally painted renderings. The effects range from the appearance as if a reproduction print of oil or acrylic media, ink drawing, water color or pastel chalks. We will choose and recommend the surface that a specific image should be produced on as the rendering is specific to the size and surface of the material for best appearance.

Canvas and Paper Descriptions

We use artist materials supplied by Epson® , Fredrix, Strathmore Artist Papers, or Legion Paper. These materials are available in sheet or rolls. Not every size is available in every surface. As mentioned above, we will recommend certain image and surface combinations as being preferred.

Artist Canvas: This is just as the name implies, a canvas material, soft and limp when not mounted. These may be attached to a traditional stretcher frame or surface mounted to foam-core or archival mount board.

Artist  Papers:

· Canvas Cover has a less pronounced canvas texture on a moderately stiff substrate. No supportive mounting is required.

· Watercolor paper is a traditional artist paper with a subtle texture as in traditional watercolor paintings.

· Smooth or Enhanced Velvet are smooth finish, matte papers for sharp photographic images.

· Fiber or Weave Papers with  the texture of rice paper.

Information regarding digital artist papers may be found on line at:

Epson Fine Art Papers

Fredrix Artist Canvas

Legion Papers

Stratmore Artist Papers

Mounting and Display Recommendations

Prints to be displayed should be mounted using archival mounting materials. Professional frame shops can handle these requirements for a nominal price.

Some online sources of mounting and display materials:

American Frame

Light Impressions

Lumiere Photo

 

Pink Pinwheel Zinnia Painting

Original photograph at right

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Virtual Paintings Information & Pricing

We produce the 13 inch wide or smaller photographic prints personally primarily on our Epson®  R2400 printer with Ultrachrome K3 inks. Where appropriate prints may be produced on our Canon iP6600D printer using Canon® Chromalife 100 inks.

Color accuracy between monitors,  printers and media is maintained by color profiling using  a Colorvision Spyder 2 for monitor calibration and  a GretagMacbeth Eye-One color

Below are the prices for standard prints at the various sizes offered. Printed onto archival quality canvas or textured artist papers. These prints will last for many years without color fade when displayed in a proper manner.

Virtual Paintings may be produced  with a small, 1/4 inch; white border all around the edges, border-less with image printed to all four edges., or  when produced on artist canvas, with a large border to accommodate a standard wooden stretcher frame. 

Limited Edition prints may be offered with other margin widths. These are specified for each image.

Note: Sizes marked as “traditional photo size”; will fit into readily available photo frames and precut mats.

Prices listed below are accurate as of September 1st, 2006

Prices subject to change without notice.

Overall Media Size

Artist Paper,
Canvas Cover
Unmounted Canvas

Mounted Canvas

Mounted to wooden stretcher frame

13 X 19 inch

$45.00

To be Determined

11 X 17 inch

$42.50

To be Determined

11 X 14 inch

(traditional photo size)

$40.00

To be Determined

8 1/2 X 11 inch

$27.50

To be Determined

8 X 10 inch

(traditional photo size)

25.00

To be Determined

5 X 7 inch

(traditional photo size)

$17.50

To be Determined

4 X 6 inch

(traditional photo size)

$12.50

To be Determined

13 inch wide Banner
Price is for each  inch of length of the printed size.

$3.50 per inch

To be Determined

Banner Larger Than 13 inch wide

Prints are available up to 60 inches wide . We will determine the best method of producing each print as well as our maximum recommended size  to suit  your needs.

Custom Pricing

Wall paper and Other Specialties

Prints are available  produced on wall paper stock , self adhesive vinyl , fabrics, artist canvas, etc… Ask us about the many options. Although we strive to maintain high quality in all of our products!, specialty products are not produced to archival standards.

Starting at:
$20.00
per square foot