Art Definitions

• Acrylic: Lighweight alternative to glass as a glazing to protect artwork.
• Gallery Wrap: Art on canvas that has been stretched on stretcher bar moulding with the border of the art showing on the edges.
• Giclee: From french word that means "spray". Art reproduction on canvas made from high resolution digital image.
• Limited Edition: Art print that is signed and numbered. The number includes the specific print number along with the maximum number of prints available in the release.
• Lithograph: A 4-color process of applying ink to the surface of a stone tablet with the artwork and then pressing it onto paper. Generally lithographs are published as limited editions.
• Museum Wrap: Art on canvas that has been stretched on stretcher bar moulding with the art showing only on the front with the edges left showing the raw canvas or sometimes painted.
• Open Edition: Art print that is not signed or numbered. The print does not have a maximum number of prints that will be available.
• Oil: A painting made with oil-based paints.
• Pastel: A painting made with powdered pigments that are blended together on paper.
• Publisher: The person or business responsible for releasing an open or limited edition of a work of art.
• Secondary Market: Individuals or galleries who purchase and resell art purchased from the publisher.
• Serigraph: A print made from a 4-color silk screen process.
• Stretched Canvas: Art on canvas that has been stretched over wood moulding and held in place by a series of staples on the sides or back. With a gallery wrap or museum wrap, the staples are at the back so they aren't visible from the sides.
• Woodblock Print: A 4-color print made from woodblocks, each cut to represent the image for a single color. The final artwork is achieved by applying ink to the surface of each woodblock and then pressing it onto paper.