SOUTH MOUNTAIN WEST - Giclee Reproduction Print of Original Oil Painting

THIS PAINTING IS AN ODE TO Santa Paula ARTIST CLARA WHITE
I continued to be HEAD OVER HEELS HAPPY and honored to have the original painting SOUTH MOUNTAIN WEST - Valley of Splendor” a 20” x 30" Landscape Oil Painting accepted into the the 14th Annual Art About Agriculture Exhibition at the Santa Paula Art Museum (November 2022 - March 6, 2023) As reference I used photos I took at my friend Julie White’s gorgeous floral, peach and rose colored garden looking out over the Santa Clara Valley inspired me to paint South Mountain West. I was also inspired by Julie’s mother, Clara White’s painting of a similar section of the South Mountain range from the same view point of their Santa Paula home. Clara was an acclaimed artist and teacher, actor, writer and photographer who “loved and was fascinated by nature and people and painted what she loved,” said Julie White in an article about her mother in 2002 when her work was featured in a retrospective exhibition with included her famous South Mountain painting. This painting is an ode to her (Clara White) and all the local artists that blazed the path ahead for us.

• SIZES: The CANVAS Giclee Reproduction prints are available in 8 x 10, 11 x 14, 12 x 16

• MATERIALS: CANVAS (Ready to hang) ARCHIVAL PIGMENT: All are printed and hand cut in-house with 100+ year light permanence rated archival pigment inks on archival substrates.

• CANVAS: 100% Real Cotton Weave Canvas, heavy 340 gsm / 125 lb. Mounted on wide Gallery 1 1/2” wide wooden frame ready for hanging. Sides are handprinted wraparound by artist.

  PIGMENT: We use Epson DURABrite Ultra pigment ink which has a permanence resistance rating up to 105 years as rated by Wilhelm Imagine Research a leading authority of print permanence. 

  Epson’s DURABrite Ultra pigment ink uses an exclusive Microencapsulation technology where each pigment particle is encased in a resin. A unique polymer pulls the particles apart, so they are suspended in the solution and never coagulate. The ink base then helps the DURABrite Ultra pigment particles penetrate the paper. DURABrite Ultra ink uses a specific technology to control the penetration level of the ink and keep the colorant near the surface and a special formula that creates more Vibrant & bright colored prints.  Conventional dye-based ink particles are absorbed into the fibers of plain paper and are soluble in water. Pigment inks come at a higher cost than dye inks but you can feel confident in your investment that will last for generations. 

• © All work copyrighted by Jules Smith.  All rights reserved.