A giclée print falls between serigraph and lithograph in both quality and economy. The French word "giclée" (pronounced zhee-clay) literally means "to sputter."

"Giclée" is a digital printmaking technology with great advantages in beauty, quality and durability. The process can be used to print art that has been digitalized from the original, a transparency, photography or from original digital artwork. The digital files are worked using sophisticated graphics software to fine-tune the images. They are then translated into a format usable by digital printers in preparation for the print files.

Image files are archives and are used on demand. Although prints can be made on paper, I have mine printed on canvas so that they may be framed as oil paintings, without glass. A clear coating is applied to protect from fingerprints and water droplets. The coating does not improve the permanence of the image. Another coating is applied to minimize the effects of ultraviolet light. Under circumstances similar to home and office conditions, tests have demonstrated that Giclées can last as long as 32-36 years before noticeable fading begins. It's important to note that all colors fade. Depending on the composition of the paints, many original watercolors will fade faster. The same goes for Cibachromes, which can fade in 29 years.

Dozens of museums have mounted exhibitions or purchased Giclées for their permanent collections. These include The Metropolitan Museum (New York), the Guggenheim (New York), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), the Philadelphia Museum, the Butler Institute (Youngstown, OH), the Corcoran (DC), the National Gallery for Women in the Arts (DC), the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (DC), the Walker Art Center, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the New York Public Library Print Collection, the High Museum (Atlanta), the California Museum of Photography, the National Museum of Mexico and the San Jose Museum, among others.