So many firsts lately.
First public art project.
First time painting larger than life size figures.
First fundraising campaign.
First art prints!
I just got home from the printer’s and decided to make a quick video so you can share in my excitement of seeing these for the first time.
After trying a few local printers, getting multiple proofs and doing color correction, the prints are finally ready.
I ended up working with a local family owned eco-friendly company called Symbiosis printing. They are a bit of a hidden jem. I felt like I got to join a cool insider circle, since they don't have much web presence, but all the local artists sing their praises and highly recommend this company.
The store owner Jeff was gracious and patient. He answered my many (silly) newbie questions and found the perfect high quality paper that worked great for our Babushkas.
The original painting has a lot of visible brush marks and the canvas weave is visible, so using a smooth paper worked so much better than the more common textured fine art papers that have a surface that distorted the already textured image.
I am very happy with the finished prints and can't wait to hand sign and number all of them tonight and ship them to you before the end of the week.
Thank you so much for supporting public art in Portland as well as this independent artist!
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