Signal Fire

Fine art for the masses. That’s our goal here at the People’s Printshop, where we believe that every man, woman, child and cat should be able to purchase amazing limited edition art prints by some of the world’s leading contemporary artists. We don’t just mean beautiful images either. Our fine art giclee prints come on a luxurious 300# Italian cold press watercolor paper, and are always printed with archival Epson Ultrachrome HDR inks. Our screen prints are lovingly printed by hand, and all of our printing is either done in-house, or at the very least, here in the good ol’ U S of A. Check out some of our past and future releases to the left, and be sure to sign up for our mailing list (below) so we can keep in touch! Thanks so much for checking us out, we look forward to providing you with some amazing art every week! Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a neologism for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints. If I couldn’t create art, I think I would curl up and die. I have always loved creating and sharing artwork. Image making is my therapy and life fuel! I’m a self taught artist from a young age. My art practice has changed from a young girl, from drawing realistic horses over and over, to exploring digital art whilst studying graphic design, then back to traditional techniques for my work as a represented commercial illustrator, advocate with Element Eden and my personal fine art work. I’ve been exhibiting in group shows for the past five years and am soon approaching my first solo show. My personal work, portraits of feminine beauty, have predominantly been created using pastel and colour pencil, this year I am exploring oil painting alongside by previous techniques. 2012 is my first year as a full time artist. Up until now I was creating my art and commercial illustrations part time whilst working as a full time graphic designer. 2012 has also brought about a change of scenery. Originally a country girl, moved to Melbourne for five years and have now made a new home in the Kiewa Valley, Victoria, where I can focus solely on my art and be