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By: Diane Hofflander
eople who love golf cannot deny the desire to have a painting of their favorite golf course in their home. This is resulting in a popularity of Golf art as both a personal choice and as an investment. Although an original golf oil painting can be very expensive. As a second and very attractive option, Giclees are high quality canvas reproductions that look just like the original. In fact, museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum use Giclees to display replicas of rare works of art.

If you have the option to buy a photograph or a painting of your favorite golf course, then from an artistic as well as an investment point of view, paintings would be a better choice, as photographs generally don't appreciate and only depreciate with time. Always take into consideration too that Limited Editions should always be signed personally by the artist and numbered. Make sure the Edition is a small quantity as well, say from 95 to 1,250 only. Those of famous golf course artists like Graeme Baxter will fetch you a better return on investment. Graeme is the Official Artist to more golf events than any other artist which places him at the top of the list for golf course commissions. His originals sell from $14,000 to over $200,000 depending on the overall size of the project. Giclees of his paintings are not expensive comparably and look very much like the originals.

Giclees of beautiful world famous golf courses made by renowned golf artists carry more value than Giclees of ordinary courses. You can check out the splendid golf landscap

e paintings, such as those by Graeme Baxter, that are displayed at famous golf clubs around the world such as Pebble Beach, Mission Hills, Augusta, St. Andrews Old Course, Dubai, and Pine Hurst in China. Any golfer, whether avid or passive, enjoys a beautiful artwork of golf course landscapes. And more recently, the investment side of it makes wise sense too.

Uses of Giclees Artists make Giclees of their photographs, original artwork or computer generated art. On a "per print" basis, Giclees are much more expensive than 8-color offset lithography, which is the traditional process. The final result when comparing off set printing to that of ink jet is the superior result is with ink jet.

Ink jet printers that produce Giclees generally use the CMYK color process. The ink used for Giclees are archival inks that are fade resistant, including solvent inks. These prints can be taken on a variety of textures such as watercolor paper, matte photo paper, artist textured vinyl, and cotton canvas. High tech ink jet printers are used to create the vast variations of colors that are required. These include light cyan and light magenta inks along with regular cyan and magenta colors.

Giclees processing is not new. Iris graphic printers are still well used and have been in existance since about the mid 1990s. In the early days, these prints didn't have long-lasting colors. The latest ink jets used by artists for Giclees have higher longevity and light fastness. So, if you want to invest in Giclees, check with the quality of the ink used.

The Rolex of Golf Art is considered to be Graeme Baxter. His paintings are displayed proudly in clubhouses worldwide, such as St. Andrews Old Course, Turnberry, Dubai Creek, Augusta, Pebble Beach and Carnoustie to name a few. Check out all his paintings at http://www.BaxterGolfArt.com.