cmsa; Me and Todd Alan Gresley (art on 5th) are trying this;
The gallery offers "hand embellished detail , and personal dedication" as "added value" to the giclees of my work they offer for sale. The giclees are done on canvas and my work is pretty flat anyway, so it's hard to distinguish the giclee from the original . "hand embellished detail" means i hand oil paint a detail into the giclee (for a small added fee), based on the collectors personal response to the image. Here's the first one we did; giclee is actual size (52x42) and the collector wrote that the painting reminded her of her days as a "glittery" showgirl in vegas during the 60's. she sent me a pic of her in her back in the day in her showgirl finery....the detail i chose to paint in was the red opera gloves in her costume. see the original on the left , second image shows print with opera gloves and dedication added. Everybody wins because i make a few bucks and the oil paint i add turns them each into an original work, so each will be a one of a kind, hand painted artist's proof. so what do you think? I love any job where i actually get to paint!
