Archival Arts Impressions

"Luminosity," an art exhibition featuring three Archival Arts' clients opens June 1, 2013 at Perspectives Gallery in Ellicott City, MD. Carla Cerrato , Nina Lagervall and Carla Attenborough will have their colorful artwork on display throughout the month of June with an opening reception on Wednesday, June 5 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the gallery located right on Main Street. Stop by and see their original paintings and a selection of giclée prints.

The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD has an impressive collection of historic objects and scientific artifacts plus significant works of art in their distinctive museum.  While remaining open to the public nearly every day of the year, the simply titled  USNA Museum is situated on the grounds of the Annapolis Academy in Preble Hall. Jeff and one or two Archival Arts staff members have been paying visits to the museum to document a limited  number of paintings on exhibit in the legendary institution. After digitally scanning the irreplaceable paintings right on location with our Betterlight Scanner, the images are proofed and then archival reproductions are created at our facility in Halethorpe, MD. After suitable framing is selected the giclée canvas prints are transported back to the museum and added to the collection . The original oil painting of Thomas Jefferson is carefully scanned on the premises of the museum. Thomas Jefferson's...

Archival Arts' newest printer Epson Stylus Pro which prints up to 64 inches wide. Archival Arts is pleased to announced the arrival of a brand new wide format printer to its facility. Introducing the Epson Stylus Pro Printer which has the ability to print up to 64 inches wide and of course as long as you like. It uses the same archival Epson Ultrachome K3 inks that we continue to use to create watercolor and canvas prints for our customers. Installation Day for the printer.  Jeff and the owner of the Epson  dealer are preparing to unpack the printer -  but first always read your directions.  Consequently we have added a new, 24" wide paper medium called Epson Photo Lustre Paper which has a satin surface. This is our first foray into making prints with a shiny finish. While not for the majority of our customers we are pleased to offer this option for some. Next time you come into the shop ask to see our new wide format printer. It just migh...

Do your friends and family think you are hard to buy gifts for?  Are you tired of getting art supply gifts you don't use?  If you have a growing portfolio of art and don't have a place to store your digital files, you might want to throw around some hints that you need an external hard drive... or at least a gift card to Best Buy or Amazon.com so you can get one yourself. If you are currently storing your digital files on your computers hard drive or on CD's, you really should consider an external hard drive to store files.  An external hard drive allows you to store your data in a compact, portable enclosure that connects to your computer through a USB cable, freeing up space on your computer needed for memory and other uses. There is usually no need to install software, you just buy it, plug it in, connect the USB cable, and most computers will see it as an additional hard drive to save files to. If you are frightened at this point, don't be! ...

We love to receive referrals from our artists. To us it is the ultimate praise to know that our clients want to share their positive  experience at Archival Arts with their colleagues. We are now offering you the opportunity to complement those referrals  with a gift card from us. And on the flip side, you can strongly suggest to your family and friends that a gift card from Archival Arts would be an ideal  present for you! You decide the amount you want to give. We offer them in any denomination - modest or grand!   Since this is something new we are trying we  are happy to report that recently a customer purchased a card to surprise her mother who had always wanted to have the family portrait professionally reproduced but never thought it possible. Thanks to her daughter's generosity she will be able to realize that ambition. On Thursday, a long-time customer got one for his highly admired art teacher. So we know we are on the right track ...

Tis the season for professional sports in Maryland. Tonight the Orioles could beat the Yankees and possibly have a chance at the world series pennant. The Baltimore Ravens are 4 and 1 as of this date. It's an exciting time for sports fans and some of our artists, too. Several Archival Arts clients are honoring the teams by painting and drawing the players and themes. We'd like to share a sampling of their work with you. "Forkball" giclée print by Vernon Russell. "Ray Rice" giclée print by Darren Guest. "Torrey Smith" giclée print by Joe Krastel. "Masked Player" giclée print by Matthew Rice. "Orioles" giclée print by Chris Davenport

Every day the staff at Archival Arts remains tenacious in keeping pace with ever changing digital technology.  Many of the skills we utilize to ensure your scans and prints are the finest quality are of no direct concern to our customers. That is to say it is not necessary that you understand how we persist in providing you with the highest quality work. However, sometimes we simply must involve you and bring you with us. Until now, with each scan we have provided you with a CD containing your digital files. This has worked well in the past but we are finding that most of the CDs we provide are lost or given away. On your next visit we encourage you to update the way you store your important scans. CDs have a limited shelf life and over time can corrupt. Hard drives offer a more stable and adaptable storage alternative so we are asking our customers to consider using a thumb drive to transfer files from Archival Arts to your computer at home. So now you are thinking, "th...