Colour Your Worlde

Davis has his M. F. A. in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited his work throughout the United States including: Colorado, California, New York, and Pennsylvania. He serves as the Program Director for Art Foundations at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division.

We were honored to work with Jeff on his project, and wish him all the best in his show.

We just launched ArtisanHD, and are pretty excited about it! We are always looking for ways to improve our customer's experience when ordering prints through Artisan Colour. At ArtisanHD we have put together our most popular products and services that can easily be ordered and assembled.


There are many choices for printing and finishing. Photo printing on any of our Fuji Crystal Archive surfaces, Kodak Metallic, or FujiFlex media is available; as well as printing direct to rigid boards like Gatorboard and even 1/4" Plexiglas accompanied with stainless steel stand offs for installation. We are also offering gallery wrapped canvas, wallpaper and wall cling printing. To finish off the look of your print we have several mounting and frame options.

The web based upload and ordering system is interactive. There is automatic visual representation of how well your file will print at the desired size, what sizes work best for that file, and if it cropping will be necessary for the finished print size. If any of the sizes on the drop down list do not work, there is a tool to designate and order custom sizes.

There is a complete automated check out system that allows you to even ship your print to an alternate address as a gift. Local customers can even use ArtisanHD to order through through us. During checkout there is an option for Local Pickup that removes shipping charges.


Helping people preserve events and memories through printing is a passion of ours. It is now easier than ever to create and produce high quality wall art that will be cherished for years to come.

When film ruled the photographic world a 4x5 transparency was the best option for an artist looking to reproduce their artwork. The 21st Century equivalent is a high end digital back that can produce a file with the same resolution previously only found in large format sheet film. With technology ever changing and improving, soon the capabilities of the newest digital backs will surpass what film could capture in one exposure. When stitching multiple frames together, like the project seen here, digital files have already reached that level.

Digital Output magazine chronicled the partnership of Kyoto Cultural Association (KCA) with Canon and their use of digital capture to reproduce a 17th Century piece Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Park by Hishikawa Moronbu. The each panel of the six panel piece was captured segmented into several units, with each part exposed three times in RAW. They estimated it took 15 to 20 minutes per panel to photograph. The final images were then stitched together using proprietary software.

Before they printed their final piece several proofs were produced and held up to the original for matching. Much like our process here when reproducing original art, the color matching relied on the expertise of their staff - "Despite all of the technology available, this final stage still relied on the human eye". The reproduction was printed on Washi paper specifically designed for the project and then finished with gold leaf to replicate the original as close as possible. The duplicate was produced to be displayed at the Freer Gallery in the Smithsonian Institution in and effort to expose a wider audience to Japanese art.

We use a similar process when we reproducing original art. Many of our customers are looking to replicate an hand crafted painting in a giclee canvas print. We can also take the same digital capture of their artwork and apply it to new applications like printing to fabric, metallic photo paper, or printing directly to tile.

Artist Desiree Edkins is part of a group exhibition opening this week at the UBS Financial Services Scottsdale location, entitled ART UBS PHX. The Opening Reception will be held this Thursday the 30th from 6-9 PM. It is a great chance to meet the artists and talk to them about their work.

We were pleased to work with Desiree for the show. We printed some pretty large pieces for her, so it promises to be an impressive presentation. As always, her work is evocative, ethereal, surreal, and simply amazing. Best of luck on the show!

UBS Scottsdale is pleased to present ART UBS PHX, 45 photographs by DESIREE EDKINS, MICHAEL LUNDGREN, PATRICK MADIGAN, AARON ROTHMAN, BETSY SCHNEIDER and MIKE WILLIAMS. Part permanent and rotating collection, ART UBS PHX is the first group exhibition to be shown in this space.

Please join us for the OPENING RECEPTION:

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30TH, 2010, 6:00-9:00PM.

UBS SCOTTSDALE
4800 North Scottsdale Road (North of Camelback), 4th Floor

Located in the PORTALES building (North of the Scottsdale Fashion Square) above THE ROARING FORK restaurant.

There will be a dedicated trolley running back and forth from the Scottsdale Old Town Art_Walk to the PORTALES BUILDING/UBS ART PHX exhibition. Catering provided by THE ROARING FORK, as well as wines hosted by local Arizona vineyards. Parking available at both locations.

In the February 2009 issue of The Big Picture Magazine, their feature article focused on the 'art' of fine-art printing. Mighty Imaging was honored to be asked to share some of our ideas and techniques that have made fine-art printing a successful venture for us. Our many thanks to Clare Baker, who wrote the article, and to The Big Picture Magazine for asking us to participate.

The Big Picture does not post their magazine on line. Here are some excerpt from the article.

Fine Art from All Angles - Clare Baker

It's safe to say that fine-art printing is not for everyone, regardless of whether you've been in the business of wide-format printing for just months or you've spent dozens of years in the output arena. Besides the printer, media, and inks required for fine-art printmaking, the print provider must devise and accurate proofing process, be sensitive to the needs of fine-artists, and, of course, cultivate a viable client base, all of which can be a pricey and time-consuming undertaking. Fine-art printing, one might say, is an art within itself.


Mighty Imaging (mightyimaging.com), in Phoenix, also serves a more commercial demographic. Owner Peter Fradin says that his shop, which opened in 2005, serves those "who need the very best imaging on a large scale." He elaborates, "I felt that the large-format channel was being filled by sign shops and repro houses rather than true masters of color and printing, to detriment of fine art, high-end retail display, and interior design." His clients range from graphic designers "whose passion and vision get lost without high-quality output"; national Web-based companies with products that require printing and shipping; corporate wall-art programs that produce artwork and murals for lobbies, offices, conference rooms, and board rooms; architects and interior designers; and rounding out his client base, photographers and fine-artists. "I try to be solution-based when making a sale," says Fradin. "We are constantly bringing fresh ideas to market...At the end of the day [our shop is prepared] to produce all types of graphics and prints."


Looking Ahead

If you're still only in the deciding or planning stages of adding fine-art printing capabilities to your shop, it would not be surprising if you're hesitant to do so given the current economic climate. Even the most successful print providers are probably feeling their business soften as the economy continues to slow. While only you can judge what is best for your shop, the shops we spoke with are finding unique ways to keep as well as find business during these times.

Mighty Imaging's Fradin, for instance, has settled on an arguably bullish way to deal with the slowing markets: "We have decided not to participate in the recession," he jokes. Despite what he acknowledges as trying times, he's doubling the shop's marketing efforts in hopes of identifying those artists and businesses that are looking for a higher level of quality from their current large-format fine-art print provider. "We're in the process of acquiring the best technology and latest equipment to make those folks' vision a reality," he says. "I know I'm incurring a great risk right now in trying to grow my business in the current economic environment-but as I see it, if our efforts here don't make our customers money, then we really haven't done our job."

We were also flattered that they selected an image of work we have done for Stuart Anthony Black of the PANGEA Gallery to illustrate their point for the article.