By Staff
May 2, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
There are a number of events planned by various organizations for Mother’s Day.
Teresa Seaton is currently hosting an exhibit of Michelle Van Maurik’s work at the Gallery until the end of May.
While the original of her “White Peonies” is not part of the exhibit there are now copies of a limited edition print available at Teresa Seaton Studio and Gallery on May 7th.
White Peonies was exhibited by invitation at the SNBA Canadian Delegation, Louvre, Paris.
Sizes will include:
Giclee Canvas Print
Size: 24″ X 30″ (same size as the original painting) Limited edition size 100
Size: 16″ X 20″ Limited edition of 200
Giclee Museum grade watercolour paper
Size: 16″ X 20″ Limited edition size: 200
Size: 11″ X 14″ Limited edition size: 200
Michele will be at the Gallery on Saturday May7th from 2 pm – 4pm for signing.
Related links:
Teresa Seaton Studio & Gallery
654 Spring Gardens Rd. Burlington ON L7T 1J1
Thurs – Sun, 11am-5pm
Mon – Wed, by chance or appointment
Cell (905) 510 5030
Correction.
The artist is selling reproductions of her oil painting. It is not an artistic print. From an artistic point of view, the artist is offering copies of her painting and not a print. Most people don’t understand that the term “print” does not mean the same thing as the term “reproduction”.
“Prints” are an ORIGINAL work of art (as a woodcut [block print], etching, silkscreen [serigraphy] or lithograph) intended for graphic reproduction and produced by or under the supervision of the artist who designed it. These are images that are produced to be multiples. They are most often done completely by the artist, and are most often done in small runs, or editions. This is because the image starts to deteriorate after a certain numbers of “prints” are produced. Most “print” editions are less than 200.
“Reproduction”
something reproduced : COPY
REPRODUCTION implies an exact or close imitation of an existing thing (reproductions from the museum’s furniture collection). COPY applies especially to one of a number of things reproduced MECHANICALLY (printed a thousand copies of the gicleé). Mechanical reproductions may be printed in editions.
Photomechanical Reproduction Editions may be created for geographic areas (south USA, Ontario, etc.) Some artists like Salvador Dali have had their paintings reproduced in many photomechanical reproduction editions in gilcee. When Dali was entering dementia his caregivers forced him to sign thousands of photo mechanical reproductions. Rumours state that Dali was shocked when he was lucid and felt suicidal over what his caregivers were doing.
Sadly today some artists questionably mis represent their reproduction copies as a print. The likes of Robert Bateman sell reproduction copies of their paintings as “print”. They have no artistic value. The Bateman’s hanging in city hall are reproductions.
Buyer beware.