T.J. Rose - Renowned Artist Turns Giclée Production into an Artform
T.J. Rose - Renowned Artist Turns Giclée Production into an Artform

Henderson, Nevada, U.S. - For internationally renowned artist T.J. Rose, every giclée that rolls off her 54-inch Roland Hi-Fi JET Pro II FJ-540 is an original in its own right.
 
“When I create my giclées, it feels like I am painting with the printer,” she said. “It is just another paint brush to me because my Hi-Fi JET gives me that much control over the color. “

For T.J., the Hi-Fi JET is key to both individualizing her work and to achieving high levels of quality. From her studio in Henderson, Nevada, T.J. uses inkjet technology to produce dozens of giclées each year for herself and others – artwork that is showcased in her own gallery as well as in other galleries. She has paintings in both  public and private collections around the world. She is best known for using an expansive spectrum of colors in her work, a style inspired by her father, a talented home and garden designer.

With more than 20 years of professional experience, her body of work includes numerous seascapes, landscapes, florals, abstracts and a new series of exotic flowers. She is best known recently for a piece she produced entitled Freedom’s Angel, which was roland usa 		created to honor those involved in the events of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent war on terrorism. This beautiful oil painting depicts an angel holding a rose in front of an American flag. It has been reproduced in inkjet giclées and gifted to hundreds of military, police, fire, and search and rescue personnel in recognition for their service to our country.

A special 22-inch by 28-inch Freedom’s Angel canvas giclée, produced on her Roland Hi-Fi JET Pro II, was bestowed to  the United States White House.

“I feel the quality of the prints I am getting today is just extraordinary,” she said. “I’m getting colors that are, to me, unbelievable. I get fuchsias, azure blues and true natural greens – colors that people say you’ll never be able to get in a giclée. I prove them wrong.”

T.J. prints her giclées using pigment inks in six colors – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Light Cyan and Light Magenta. To individualize her pieces, she color corrects her work in Photoshop and then uses the Roland profiles included in COLORIP for printing. To customize each print, she adjusts the ink output and sets the number of print head passes to a minimum of 16 at the highest quality settings.
T.J. Rose - Renowned Artist Turns Giclée Production into an Artform		 “The Roland RIP is very user friendly and it gives you all the different controls that you need in order to maintain each print,” she said. “The media profiles are my main focus when  I use the RIP. I’m not custom profiling because I find the COLORIP profiles sufficient.”

“Also, with the RIP I’m able to individualize my pieces,” she said. “Artistically, I can go into the software and control how much ink is laid down. One may need more ink dropped on to it, and one may not.”

T.J. Rose - Renowned Artist Turns Giclée Production into an Artform

Roland’s FJ-540 accepts media widths up to 54 inches – large enough to accommodate T.J.’s 48-inch by 60-inch  paintings. She reproduces her artwork on Roland Provence Rag fine art paper and MAC7 matte artist canvas. She says she relies on these two media options because they give the best resemblance to her original paintings.

T.J. is currently expanding her portfolio with a new series of orchid paintings, part of her exotic flowers collection. This series will include more than 30 original works. As with her other works, she plans to create giclées of this series in limited edition using her Roland.

“The FJ-540 is a fantastic piece of equipment and a wonderful tool for continuing the creative process from the original painting to  the finished print,” she said.
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