Once you’ve chosen your favorite images, now you need to choose the right material for your space.

Consider the lighting in that space. For preserving the artwork, it’s best to choose a space that won’t allow direct sunlight on the artwork. Direct sunlight will fade anything over time; artwork isn’t immune to this phenomenon.

For areas with stronger or more direct indoor lighting, consider matte surfaces like canvas, metal print, or Hahnemühle Museum Etching fine art paper.

For areas with indirect or softer lighting, glossy surfaces can be a great option. While these are more susceptible to reflections and glare, the trade-off is that they provide higher contrast and richer colors. Choose acrylic, gallery print matte or glossy, or Hahnemühle Baryta fine art paper.

For a modern decor, select metal print, acrylic, or gallery print.

For a more traditional look, select one of the fine art papers or photo poster and have it framed by your local framing professional.

For metal prints, acrylic, and gallery prints I recommend either the aluminum subframe or gallery aluminum subframe.

For canvas wraps, a professional suspension option is available. This allows you to use hooks, screws, or nails to hang your artwork.

For fine art and photo prints, I recommend ordering the print size you want and working with your local framing professional to get exactly the framing, fit, and finish to meet your needs. While this is a bit more expensive than the do-it-all shops on the internet, in my experience you will be much happier with the end result and will save quite a bit in shipping costs and potential issues with shipping damages to the frame.

In short, no. There are a few things at play here. First, your monitor is directing light at your eyes; whereas, any artwork is reflecting light towards your eyes. This alone can make it look slightly different. Secondly, every type of screen displays colors a little differently and are set up differently by the manufacturer.

As an artist, it is very important to me to reproduce my work as accurately as possible. As such, I have dedicated hardware and software to calibrate my monitors, so that they produce as much of the color spectrum as necessary, and as accurately as they are capable. In addition, my print partner provides color profiles for each artwork medium I offer. This allows me to softproof the images before I submit them to the lab. This provides the most consistent and dependable way to ensure that what you get is aligned with my intentions as an artist.

This is a personal decision that must take into account the location where you choose to mount the artwork and the viewing distance. For distances greater than 8 feet, consider choosing a size no smaller than 24 x 36. In my primary living room, the typical viewing distance is 9 to 10 feet, and I chose 30 x 45 as the ideal size.

For a small office where the distance might be shorter, a smaller size of 16 x 24 or 20 x 30 might be the right choice.

Spend a few moments to measure the typical viewing distance to your ideal location for your new art and compare a few sizes with a tape measure. The extra effort now will be worth it.

This is custom artwork. As such, each item is created by a professional print technician after you place your order. Please allow a few business days for production time, and then 3-5 business days for shipping. You will typically receive your artwork within 2 weeks after you place your order. There may be peak order times for my print partner, especially around holidays, where extra time might be needed.