Michelle Leivan - Work Detail: Dillon in a red chair
Dillon in a red chair
Print on Canvas
28 x 22
$150.00 USDAvailable
A portrait of my son Dillon. The original has been sold but this is now available as a hand embellished full size giclée print mounted on board.
About Giclée
Giclée – pronounced “zhee-clay” is a derivative of the French word “gicler” meaning “to spurt”. It is a coined term for the process of making high quality fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. Artists generally use giclée inkjet printing to make reproductions of their original two-dimensional artwork, photographs or computer-generated art.
The process to create a “giclée print” represents arelatively new advancement in printmaking technology and produces better color control and accuracy than anyother current means of image reproduction. Original artwork is translated digitally with high resolution scans, digital cameras or computerized art programs and printedusing professional color ink-jet printers. High quality archival inks are used on a variety of surfaces includingcanvas, fine art papers and photo papers. The quality ofthe giclée print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums and galleries.
For artists this process is most advantageous because they can reproduce their artwork on-demand with minimal effort and manageable cost. The high cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated and each image can be printed on demand. The digital files are archived until they are needed and will not inherently deteriorate as does the older film process. Also, with the giclée process a print can be made to accommodate a variety sizes and onto a variety of media, which gives the artist another option for customization with each client. So please contact me for custom sizing.
About Dillon
Dillon, my son, no one in my life has been so affective in the last 17 years than this young man. He has brought out the best in me and the worst. I think all children do this to their parents, it is the very nature of being a parent.
When I was younger, I wasn’t so sure that parenthood was such a good thing for me. One thing I was sure of was that I couldn’t be a parent alone. I admire anyone who takes on single parenthood, but I just knew I couldn’t handle that situation. So, I planned my life to make sure that I would not have to go about the task of parenting by myself. I found a wonderful husband and we started our family of three. There were plans for more but as life is, we were blessed with one.
I think back on the day Dillon was born and my Dad pulled from his well of wisdom and said to me, “Don’t have another one until you can give the second as much as you gave the first.” Well, apparently it wasn’t in the universal plan to have the opportunity to test that statement. So we have given him everything.
The life lessons of patience and understanding have been tested through the years as well as the extent of what my sanity can bare. To begin with you get this tiny helpless new person who needs you in every conceivable way. You are empowered and confident that this child is unlike any other child; he is special nearly on biblical proportions. You are privileged to watch him grow and teach him about all the wonders of the world. You learn to celebrate the accomplishments and comfort the bruises.
As he grows he becomes his own person, too quickly in my opinion, he begins to have thoughts of his own and grows into someone you are mostly proud of, but then he will astonish you with his own shortcomings. Then you ask yourself, “How did I miss teaching him that wasn’t acceptable.”
Slowly come to realize that you are not as omniscient as you thought you where and he is going to have to learn some things from the world and there isn’t a thing you can do about it. You are just going to have to be there to comfort and support when the world does him wrong, or what may be worse, when his own decisions do him wrong.
The journey of “under our roof parenthood” is coming to an end; soon he will be traipsing out into the world on his own. The story doesn’t end here; there is a lifetime of lessons to be learned from this young man, as he becomes a man of his own.
The biggest lesson you learn from your children is unconditional love. No matter how much they make you proud or how much they disappoint, you love them.
A portrait of my son Dillon. The original has been sold but this is now available as a hand embellished full size giclée print mounted on board.
About Giclée
Giclée – pronounced “zhee-clay” is a derivative of the French word “gicler” meaning “to spurt”. It is a coined term for the process of making high quality fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. Artists generally use giclée inkjet printing to make reproductions of their original two-dimensional artwork, photographs or computer-generated art.
The process to create a “giclée print” represents arelatively new advancement in printmaking technology and produces better color control and accuracy than anyother current means of image reproduction. Original artwork is translated digitally with high resolution scans, digital cameras or computerized art programs and printedusing professional color ink-jet printers. High quality archival inks are used on a variety of surfaces includingcanvas, fine art papers and photo papers. The quality ofthe giclée print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums and galleries.
For artists this process is most advantageous because they can reproduce their artwork on-demand with minimal effort and manageable cost. The high cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated and each image can be printed on demand. The digital files are archived until they are needed and will not inherently deteriorate as does the older film process. Also, with the giclée process a print can be made to accommodate a variety sizes and onto a variety of media, which gives the artist another option for customization with each client. So please contact me for custom sizing.
About Dillon
Dillon, my son, no one in my life has been so affective in the last 17 years than this young man. He has brought out the best in me and the worst. I think all children do this to their parents, it is the very nature of being a parent.
When I was younger, I wasn’t so sure that parenthood was such a good thing for me. One thing I was sure of was that I couldn’t be a parent alone. I admire anyone who takes on single parenthood, but I just knew I couldn’t handle that situation. So, I planned my life to make sure that I would not have to go about the task of parenting by myself. I found a wonderful husband and we started our family of three. There were plans for more but as life is, we were blessed with one.
I think back on the day Dillon was born and my Dad pulled from his well of wisdom and said to me, “Don’t have another one until you can give the second as much as you gave the first.” Well, apparently it wasn’t in the universal plan to have the opportunity to test that statement. So we have given him everything.
The life lessons of patience and understanding have been tested through the years as well as the extent of what my sanity can bare. To begin with you get this tiny helpless new person who needs you in every conceivable way. You are empowered and confident that this child is unlike any other child; he is special nearly on biblical proportions. You are privileged to watch him grow and teach him about all the wonders of the world. You learn to celebrate the accomplishments and comfort the bruises.
As he grows he becomes his own person, too quickly in my opinion, he begins to have thoughts of his own and grows into someone you are mostly proud of, but then he will astonish you with his own shortcomings. Then you ask yourself, “How did I miss teaching him that wasn’t acceptable.”
Slowly come to realize that you are not as omniscient as you thought you where and he is going to have to learn some things from the world and there isn’t a thing you can do about it. You are just going to have to be there to comfort and support when the world does him wrong, or what may be worse, when his own decisions do him wrong.
The journey of “under our roof parenthood” is coming to an end; soon he will be traipsing out into the world on his own. The story doesn’t end here; there is a lifetime of lessons to be learned from this young man, as he becomes a man of his own.
The biggest lesson you learn from your children is unconditional love. No matter how much they make you proud or how much they disappoint, you love them.