A jazz song by Slim Gaillard came out in 1938 called "Flat Foot Floozie with the Floy Floy". Floy floy was current hepcat slang for some kind of disease. Of course the lyrics weren't suitable for broadcast radio, so the song was rewritten, by Fats Waller, I believe. After it was cleaned up for radio play, it made no sense whatever, but Benny Goodman's version became a number one hit that year. The title had become "Flat Foot Floogie with a Floy Floy."
This year, when I first read about the new flatbed Fuji digital printer, I was reminded.....you know.
This printer has changed my whole attitude toward fine art reproduction. Without getting technical, this printing machine, with a scanned in image, produces the highest fidelity to the original artwork I have ever seen. Putting the original painted canvas side by side with the same sized reproduction, one needs a jeweler's loupe to distinguish one from the other. The varnished print needs no glass, fits a standard frame, and looks like an original painting.
Shown here are the first four paintings, apart from my picture blocks, I have had reproduced.
This year, when I first read about the new flatbed Fuji digital printer, I was reminded.....you know.
This printer has changed my whole attitude toward fine art reproduction. Without getting technical, this printing machine, with a scanned in image, produces the highest fidelity to the original artwork I have ever seen. Putting the original painted canvas side by side with the same sized reproduction, one needs a jeweler's loupe to distinguish one from the other. The varnished print needs no glass, fits a standard frame, and looks like an original painting.
Shown here are the first four paintings, apart from my picture blocks, I have had reproduced.
Point Hernandez 18" X 24" hardboard
deLeon 18" X 24" hardboard
Rosalita 18" X 24" hardboard
Catalina 18" X 24" hardboard
Man, I sure do love the Catalina painting (acrylics?)
ReplyDeleteI was in Catalina some years ago and was impressed by the old california architecture, and plants.