About the Prints
Our fine art prints are made of the finest museum-grade materials available. When properly framed and displayed, our artwork will remain fade-free for a life-time.
My fine art prints are made with archival Lucia Pro II pigment inks on Red River Palo Duro SoftGloss Rag paper.
This paper is a museum-grade 100% cotton fiber rag with a lightly textured semi-gloss surface. This heavy-weight 315gsm conservation paper is acid-free, lignin-free and OBA-free (FOGRA Certified ISO 9706). The print will remain fade-free over a life-time when properly mounted behind UV-filtering glass and displayed out of direct sunlight.
While the pigment inks I use include a crystalline wax element to improve scratch resistance, the surface of your artwork is delicate and should be handled with care. I pack each print in a clear protective sleeve and include a pair of cotton gloves with each print order. I suggest that you handle the print only by its edges. Better yet, I suggest leaving your print in its protective sleeve and taking it directly to a professional framer for mounting and framing to your liking.
Materials
Each print includes a Story Card, on which I share a bit of the story behind how I found and photographed the image, along with information about the physical print. You may consider keeping this Story Card with the print, or taping it to the back of your frame, for future reference.
Story Card
Dimensions
Each print includes a white boarder.
12X18 inch prints are printed on 13X19 inch paper. 16X24 inch prints are printed on 17X25 inch paper.
The image area is printed centered on the paper. I sign each print in the lower right boarder just under the image area with archival pigment ink.
Dimensions of 12X18 print.
If you choose to have the print matted:
The 12X18 and 16X24 print areas will fit into commonly available ready-made mats. However, the mat opening will typically cover the borders, the signature and about 1/4 inch around the edges of the image area.
Alternatively, you can have a custom mat made with an opening sized to reveal some of the border around the image area and the signature. My preferred way to mat my prints is to size the mat opening to include 1/4 inch of border at the top and along the sides, and 1/2 inch of border, along with the signature, at the bottom, as shown below.
A professional framer will have the widest selection of conservation-grade materials and can artfully craft a work of art to suit your home.
Matting & Framing Suggestions
Prints are typically produced and dropped to the shipper within 2 days. However, this can be delayed if I am away on a trip.
All of our prints are shipped flat (not rolled up in a tube) so that you receive them without troublesome curl. Please see the video below on how to safely unbox your print from its package.
Packaging & Shipping
How to safely remove a fine art print from its packaging.
Satisfaction Guarantee
& Returns
Your satisfaction is my priority. If you are unsatisfied with your fine art print purchase for any reason, I will work with you to make it right. I love answering any questions you may have about my prints before you buy, so don't be shy in reaching out! Learn more about my prints on this page, including the materials I use, how to unpack your print after receiving it, and recommendations on how to take care of your print once you have it. And be sure to check out my free personalized print mock-up service to see how any of my prints may look on the wall of your home or office.
Also note that the colors on your display may appear different than the colors on my calibrated display. More info on the color management system I use to view, edit and print can be found just below.
Once I receive an order, I work hard using the best materials to produce prints of the finest quality. In the rare event that you are completely unsatisfied with your fine art print, you may request to return it to me, minus a 20% restocking fee.
I use a precise color management system while processing and printing my photos. This includes a high-gamut computer monitor calibrated with a colorimeter, a consistent lighting setup in my editing studio and ICC printing profiles matched to my printer and paper. This system ensures that I am viewing and editing my photos on a display that is calibrated to industry standards.
Regardless, it is impossible for any physical print (which reflects surrounding ambient light off its surface) to perfectly match what you see when viewing this website on any screen (which emits light). While my color management system attempts to match the print to the monitor as best as I can, the physics of physical prints and electronic screens are simply different.
Further, unless you are using a calibrated high-gamut screen (monitor, phone, tablet) to view the photos on this website, the brightness and colors on your screen may appear different than the industry standard brightness and colors that I work to.
Some suggestions that may help:
View this website in a setting where ambient background is illuminated by natural light and has a similar brightness as your screen. You can hold a sheet of white paper in the ambient light next to your monitor to evaluate this. The similar ambient brightness and the white background used in this website may help your eyes dilate for the intended white point and may compensate for any color cast in your screen.
View your print under natural light, such as near a window but not in direct sunlight. The white border around the print may help your eyes understand the intended white point and may compensate for any color cast in your ambient light.
If you are trying to compare a physical print to an image on this website viewed on your screen, then illuminate the print such that its white border has similar brightness to the white background of this website when the print is held next to the screen. Even then, remember that it is impossible for any physical print (which reflects surrounding ambient light off its surface) to perfectly match what you see when viewing this website on any screen (which emits light).
A Note About Color Management