The holidays are upon us again, and this year if you are looking for a gift that is both unique and meaningful – give the gift of art.  Here are a few ideas that may help spark some gift ideas of your own for family and friends:

1.  Bring An Old Photo Back to Life!

Have Your Old Photo or Photos restored.  Many of us have old photos that are peeling and fading, or just laying around in boxes collecting dust.  These may be childhood photos, beloved family pets, Grandparents or Great Grandparents; or even photos of places that bring back a special memory from the past.  Surprise a family member or friend by having a Photo Restored and/or Enlarged and Printed on Canvas or Fine Art Paper.  At Sedona Giclee Studios we provide quality Photo Restoration Services. We can scan your photos, or if you have digital images already, you can Upload them directly to our site.

2.  Create A Collage

Create, or have us create a collage of your special photographs. Your collage can be printed on canvas and stretched on bars – ready to hang on the wall.  It can also be printed on one of our many fine art papers and come ready to frame. Photos can be enlarged, reduced, made black and white or sepia, touched up, etc. Font can also be added to your collage, such as:  the names of individuals in your photos, inspirational quotes, a memorable statement, or a special poem.  We can also create any color or pattern background.

3.  Gift An Amazing & Affordable Piece of Art

Is someone you know a wine lover?  Loves Marilyn Monroe?  Looking for Inspiration? Enjoys Jazz or Beautiful Scenery?  We have many images and art styles in our Art Studio Prints online art gallery.  Art prints can be ordered in many sizes on canvas or on fine art paper.  Images can also be custom ordered by contacting us and letting us know what size you are looking for and on what type of medium. Browse our online art gallery today and support local artists!

4.  The Gift of Giclee

The Giclee process can be beneficial to an artist for several reasons.  An artist not only puts time into a painting, but also their heart and soul.  Many artists take months or sometimes years to complete a painting. It can be very difficult to part with a piece of work that they have become so attached to.  The giclee process allows the artist to reproduce their art and sell the image, while still keeping either the original or the reproduction for themselves.  Giclee reproductions, also allow the artist to sell prints of their work in many sizes and on various mediums.  At Sedona Giclee Studios, we work with the artists to produce high quality reproductions of their work.  If you have a friend or family member who is an artist, our Giclee Services can be a wonderful gift. We offer Sedona Giclee Studios Gift Certificates for all of our scanning and printing services. For more information please Contact Us.

If you are looking for unique gifts this year, hopefully we have sparked a few ideas.

Happy Shopping & Happy Holidays!

If you are familiar with Sedona, Arizona, then you already know it is not only famous for those beautiful Red Rocks, but also for its fabulous art scene.  People come worldwide to tour the Sedona Art Galleries.

Most visitors frequent Tlaquepaque, Hillside and Uptown Sedona which are all areas with numerous Galleries to browse and purchase Art.  In today’s economy however, it can be tough on the budget to score the decor you are looking for.

The good news is – there is a hidden gem of an Art Gallery in town.  One that the Locals know of, but not many of the Visitors, yet.  This Gallery is different than all of the others.  It is not located in “Gallery Row”, but rather, true to the Wild West, a little off the beaten path. It has an amazing selection of Images from Local Artists, and offers custom sizes to fit your Walls. And best of all, the Art is affordable!

So what is this Secret Gallery?  This Gallery is Sedona Giclee Studios.  It is a Fine Art Reproduction Studio whose main clients are the Artists themselves.  We work directly with the Artists to make High-Quality Artist-Approved Prints and also sell these Prints for the Artists.

As we do offer Artwork for sale on the Walls,  hundreds of more Prints can be viewed in sample books, on our computer, and of course on our Online Art Gallery Website ArtStudioPrints.com.

At Sedona Giclee Studios we have made decorating your Walls Fun and Practical:  First you choose your favorite Image. Second you pick the Medium you would like it printed on. Third you get to choose the Size that best fits your Wall. Our unique process gives you a wide range of flexibility so you can customize your Walls.

The secret is out.  Next time you travel to Sedona looking for Art, check us out.  You may see something incredible  for your Walls, and actually be able to afford it!

We are at 2035 Contractors Rd. in West Sedona.

Please visit our Online Art and Photo Galleries and see what Sedona Artists have to offer.

If you are looking to decorate the wall space of your home or place of business, the Art by Category art galleries section offers many options to choose from to create the look you want.  We are always updating our art galleries and adding new categories of art.  Here are just some ideas on how to decorate for your home or business:

1.  Do you have a home theater room in your house?  Enhance the “movie going” ambiance by decorating your wall space with fine art prints of famous actors and actresses.  Check out our “People” category for some renditions of famous Hollywood stars.  If you have a room in your home with a music theme or designated to listening to music, the “People” category also has various jazz art prints.  You may also want to view the “Fusion Art” category. These are paintings that have been created to music.

2.  In the “Food” category there are a number of various style prints depicting food or wine; perfect decor for the kitchen or dining room.  If you are an owner of a restaurant, cafe, or wine bar, this may also be a great place to browse for art.

3.  Mandala art, or our Spiritual art prints may be perfect decor for a yoga studio.  These prints could also work well for a Zen motif in your home, or to decorate a room used for yoga or meditation.  For more information on Mandalas, check out our article “What is a Mandala?”.

4.  Search the Animal category for art prints for veterinary offices, pet boarding facilities, pet groomers, or for home decor if you are an animal lover.

5.  If you are looking for a specific theme for a room or your place of business, check out some of the other categories including Island Art, Contemporary Art, Western Art, Native American Art, Botanical Art, Retro Art and Pop Art.  We have just added two new categories: Fusion Art and Fractal Art.

These are just a few art decorating ideas for your home or business.  Enjoy our art galleries and please check back as we are always adding new art!

Recently I have been reading the biography of Charles Schulz, which has had me thinking quite a bit about the art of comics, and what their future is.

Comics inspired me to pursue art.  When I was growing up, I would read the comics in the newspaper every day, and of course looked forward to the super edition on Sundays in full color.  “Peanuts”, “Blondie”, “Fred Basset”, “B.C”, “Family Circus”, “Hagar the Horrible” – these were some of my favorites.  I recall skipping some of the more serious strips like“Prince Valiant”, and “Mary Worth”, but everybody has their own opinion.

When I was a kid, I wrote a fan letter to Charles Schulz.  I would spend hours creating the comic strip boxes on paper, desperately trying to create characters that would occupy the boxes and have them “come to life” as the great comic artists had done.

To me, these were some of the most amazing artists in the world to have the ability to create these drawings and attribute to them such unique characteristics, that the animated characters take on a persona of their own and are remembered for generations.

So what is the future of comics?

With more and more people now reading the news online, are their kids also reading the comics online?  Are characters today mainly created to bypass print and go directly to film or television animation?  Will we still be able to read those comic balloons above the characters’ heads and imagine what they sound like, or will this be a thing of the past?

I wonder if  new comics on the internet could ever have the same impact as those in newsprint.  It may be an age thing, but I have no patience in my spare time to read comic strips on the computer; yet the other day I went through a box of old books from when I was a kid and found “But We Love You Charlie Brown”.  I read strip after strip having to finally force myself to put it down.

Comics may not be an art that we get to deal with much at Sedona Giclee Studios, however it is an art worth talking about.  Comics have inspired so many.  I only hope that an artist out there is creating that special character … one that generation after generation will talk about and love.

Looking for new art for your walls in your home or business?

Art Studio Prints has just launched our shopping cart for our online art gallery.  We are gradually making an online shopping cart available for each of our artists and for each image in the art categories gallery.

All of our prints are available to order on canvas and on fine art paper.  Canvas prints come unstretched and have enough extra canvas for a gallery wrap, so that they can later be stretched or framed if you choose. If you would like to order a canvas print stretched on the bars and ready to hang, you may also do so, just please call us at 928-282-4708 for pricing.

Prints ordered through our shopping cart are also available on our high quality, Premium Archival Matte Paper.  All prints ordered on fine art paper come with a 1″ white border for the option of matting.

Most of our prints are available in custom frame sizes, however there are some images that have unusual sizes and are not available to order through the shopping cart.  To find out size options for any images that are not listed on the shopping cart, please call us at 928-282-4708.

Because we receive new art all the time, we will continuously be updating our online art gallery with new images, artists, and art categories.  Currently our art categories include: Island Art, Animal Art, Pop Art, Retro Art, Western Art, Sedona Art, Native American Art, Spiritual Art, Contemporary Art, Children’s Art, Mandala Art, Botanical or Floral Art, Fusion Art and Photography. We also have art categories depicting People/Famous People, Animals and Food.

Please check back for new updates to the images in our art gallery.

If you are an artist interested in our printing services and having your artwork included in our online gallery, contact us at 928-282-4708, or contact us by email.

If you have any comments regarding our gallery, we would love to hear them!

Sedona Arizona, with its beautiful and famous red rocks has become home to some of the worlds finest art galleries. Since millions of visitors flock to Sedona every year to experience the gallery scene, what better to offer than an online art gallery which displays the artwork of our incredible Sedona artists year round.  Contrary to popular belief, Sedona artists are very diverse in their paintings and photographs.  In other words, they don’t only paint and photograph Cathedral Rock.  In fact, the style of art in Sedona has broadened it seems more than ever.

Some of the categories displayed in our art gallery include:  Pop Art, Contemporary Art, Botanical Art or Floral Art, Spiritual Art, Native American Art, Photography and Retro Art.  Categories are also broken down in subjects such as Food, Animals and People. We continue to add new art categories as needed.  Mandala art is a category that has recently been added.  This style of art can also fall under the category of spiritual.  Although Mandalas have been around for thousands of years, they seem to be increasingly popular among artists today.  For more information on Mandalas, please check out our article, “What is a Mandala”.  Two of our Mandala artists are Kathy Klein and David Cosmo.

For those of you who are interested in prints of the beautiful red rocks, we of course do have a specific category titled “Sedona Art”.   The category is diverse, with various styles of paintings and photographs of sites of Oak Creek Canyon as well as the all too famous yet beautiful Cathedral Rock.

Since we are an art reproduction studio and work directly with our artists, we like to ensure the highest quality prints available for purchase on canvas and archival fine art paper.  We can also offer custom size prints of all our images to suit a particular wall space if needed.  Canvas prints can be shipped stretched or not stretched.

We believe in helping our artists market their work.  Our online artist gallery provides exposure for those artists who do not have a website, and additional exposure for those who do.

At Sedona Giclee Studios and Art Studio Prints, we feel privileged to work with each talented and unique artist. Our goal is to embrace the personality and passion that is present in each work of art and share it with the world through our online art gallery.  Stay tuned for more fabulous art and we hope you enjoy!

Welcome to Art Studio Prints – the online art gallery by Sedona Giclee Studios! Please browse our amazing selection of art by category or art by artist.  All art is available on canvas and fine art paper in a variety of sizes.  Custom sizes are available as well.  To Buy Art call us at 928-282-4708.  Our shopping cart will be up and running soon.