Archival Prints of the Seven Summers Series are in Process! 

It’s been pretty quiet on the blog for the past week, but it’s been really busy behind-the-scenes. A great deal of packing and art shipping happened last week. And on Tuesday, I spent the day at Panopticon Imaging in Rockland, Massachusetts (about 5 1/2 hours, round trip, and worth every minute), to have original artwork scanned, and meet with the pros on archival printmaking.

Over the past year or so, I’ve discovered that for many people —even if they love a particular piece— an original pastel or oil painting may not work for their home or professional situation. In an insecure space  —such as a meeting room, lobby, lounge, restaurant, waiting room or other public space— there may be concerns about vandalism/damage to original work or even theft. Prints can reduce or eliminate exposure to loss (prints are usually covered by insurance without an art rider). Other times, original artwork is physically too large for a space, or perhaps the need for a wide-border bridge-mat on a pastel painting is undesirable (and original pastels all require large bridge mats; increasing their physical size). Of course sometimes, the cost of original artwork —or multiple pieces in the case of interior design applications— isn’t in everyone’s budget. I decided that by offering high-quality, archival prints, my artwork will be accessible to a wider audience and can be easily purchased/shipped online. I like that idea!

 Panopticon Imaging’s Paul Sneyd and I, looking over my original artwork, before it passes through the high resolution scanning process. Photo courtesy of Shannon McDonald.

Archival prints of my work are created from high-resolution scans of the original paintings. Panopticon’s team of skilled photographers and editing experts took the utmost care in accurately reproducing my artwork. I was present during the image editing process and both the color accuracy and textural detail of the scans is phenomenal. In addition, each piece will be printed on cold press, watercolor paper —nearly identical to the type used in creating the original pieces— guaranteeing a beautiful, authentic-looking reproduction.

So, if you’ve always wanted to have one of my pieces in your home or professional space —but your favorite painting was sold or you were deterred by security, size or price— your opportunity is coming soon!

 Original artwork, preparing for high-resolution scan at Panopticon. Archival prints of these pieces will soon be available in various sizes. Photo courtesy of Shannon McDonald.

After a few road bumps, detours and delays, soon, the online shop will be open and select, archival prints of pastel paintings on cold press paper will be available for sale and shipment. I’m excited to offer archival prints for sale online for the first time ever, and I’ll be starting with the very popular Seven Summers series. Look for a special print give-away and shop details to be announced in an upcoming post as well as on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

A big thank you to Paul, Bruce, Shannon, Chris and Greer at Panopticon Imaging for their professional expertise, efficiency, and beautiful results on this project!

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