The Aurographics Collection

Michael Parkes' Aurographics Collection brings the finest museum quality reproductions of rarely seen paintings and other exquisite Michael Parkes work to a wider audience. The Aurographics Collection includes mixed media prints, giclée prints, and other extremely high quality reproduction techniques and mediums. Giclée print connotes an elevation in printmaking technology. In creating the giclées, Michael works directly with a premier atelier in Holland to create high resolution digital images. At times, Michael will make changes to the digital imagery to make the giclée print unique. Other times, the original is reproduced exactly. The prints are then printed with archival quality inks onto canvas or archival paper again depending on the effect that Michael desires to achieve for the new work. Giclée prints are gaining widespread acceptance and auction value generally, and appear in several prestigious museum collections, including those of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art. The prints in the Aurographics Collection represent the highest quality of giclée prints available, and as of June, 2007 have been printed only at Re-Art in Amsterdam. Re-Art is the benchmark for all European printers that are working in this medium.