The World Of Golf Art Is Driving Sales Way Above Par

Golf art has increased in popularity over the last decade particurlary in investment. This specialized area of art once a very small niche is growing in style worldwide. If you love golf you cannot deny the desire to have a painting of your favorite golf course signature hole in their home. But if an original oil painting of a golf course is expensive then there are options for you to access your favorite landscapes with the option to invest in Limited Edition Giclees. Giclees are the highest quality canvas reproductions that look very much like the original.

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. He is the official artist for many international golf tournaments and his commissioned paintings start at about $14,000 up to $200,000 or more depending on the size. Giclees of his paintings are not expensive comparably and look very much like the originals.

When buying golf art perhaps the most important consideration, other than the artist, is the subject; the more famous the course, the more value it has. You can check out the splendid golf landscape 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. But the result of these ink jet Giclees canvas reproductions is much better than offset.

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. There are many forms of printing materials to choose from such as paper, vinyle and the most popular is cotton canvas. Multiple cartridges are used by these inkjet printers to create color variations based on the CcMmYK model of color. 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.


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If you admire art and love the game of golf, check out the website http://www.BaxterGolfArt.com for hundreds of golf paintings, Giclees and lithographs by Graeme Baxter.