About The Artist

Edward T. Garber, Sr. was born December 20, 1925 in Kearny, New Jersey. At an early  age, his talent for art was evident.  He loved drawing sports illustrations and dreamed of one day being a sports illustrator.

Ed served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His talent for drawing was a great source of entertainment for his fellow servicemen, and a great diversion for Ed as well.

Like so many of his peers, Ed returned home after the war, started a family, and attended college on the GI Bill. Ed chose to study at the renowned Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts in its heyday. He received a well-rounded course of instruction from some of the finest teachers of the era.

From the early 1950's until his untimely death in 1978, Ed served as Art Director at several top advertising agencies in New York City. More importantly to him, he and his wife opened an art school in Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ, where Ed taught scores of students of all ages, how to draw, paint, and sculpt.  Ed's love for art was great, and he loved to teach. 

About Giclee Printing The Definition : Giclee (zhee-klay) - The French word "giclée" is a feminine noun that means a spray or a spurt of liquid. The word may have been derived from the French verb "gicler" meaning "to squirt". The Term : The term  "giclee print" connotes an elevation in printmaking technology. Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. The Process : Giclee prints are created typically using professional 8-Color to 12-Color ink-jet printers. Among the manufacturers of these printers are vanguards such as Epson, MacDermid Colorspan, & Hewlett-Packard. These modern technology printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets. Giclee prints are sometimes mistakenly referred to as Iris prints, which are 4-Color ink-jet prints from a printer pioneered in the late 1970s by Iris Graphics.

The Advantages : Giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. Once an image is digitally archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and reasonable cost. The prohibitive up-front cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated. Archived files will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and film inherently do. Another tremendous advantage of giclee printing is that digital images can be reproduced to almost any size and onto various media, giving the artist the ability to customize prints for a specific client. The Quality : The quality of the giclee print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries. The Market : Numerous examples of giclee prints can be found in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Chelsea Galleries. Recent auctions of giclee prints have fetched $10,800 for Annie Leibovitz, $9,600 for Chuck Close, and $22,800 for Wolfgang Tillmans   (Please note: We have taken great effort to display our artworks as accurately as possible, however, the avearge video display does not do them justice. Be assured, your actual prints will match the vibrant colors of the originals!  In other words, your  prints will look much better than the images shown here!)