Gicleé Printing

A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in Textile Surface Design as well as Advertising and Communications, Maia has chosen to print her monoprint collection, Woman with a Certain Attitude and her titled collection of gouache paintings Divisional Symmetry as Gicleé prints using archival quality inks on the most luxurious papers available.

Gicleé printing—pronounced (zhee-clay)—is a French word meaning "to spray." Gicleé prints capture the texture, tonal values, details, and true color palette of the original artwork. Gicleé is accepted in the art industry as a standard of excellence for fine art reproductions, art galleries, fine art publishers, and art collectors worldwide.

Artist Techniques

Oils

Maia continues to push her creative style in oils mastering her latest collection with brushes and pallet knives. Her latest works, "Italian Poppies," "Water Music," "Two Lips," and soon, "Water Song" use the same principals of color, form, and design. However, those same elements now include progressive strokes of color bringing forth movement that captures her depth of imagination across the canvas, allowing the eye of the audience to participate and see beyond. What once was considered commercial has evolved into abstract expressionsim.

Monoprints

Monoprinting is a method of etching using oil paints creating an image that is tranferred from cranking it through a press to a wet sheet of paper. The technique of etching takes time, but the process of printing transfers quickly to paper . The artist may choose to create an additional image which will be lighter, or add paint embellishing to the first plate, creating a second print as ink remains from the first image. This technique provides the artist with immediate satisfaction while infusing inspiration. The process adds dimensional quality and textural feel to the art.

Gouache

Gouache is designers' paint; generally used for textile surface design. The mixture of paint and water must be blended for a consistency that will allow the paint to move quickly or it will streak with each brushstroke. Maia, having mastered the technique, developed a collection of women's faces in an abstract expression using flat and even color divided by size, shape, and position creating what she titled 'Divisional Symmetry.'