R W Hedge 'Lofty Ledges' Canvas Art, 24x32 (Discontinued)

• Artist: R W Hedge
• Subject: Landscape
• Style: Rustic
• Product Type: Gallery-Wrapped Canvas Art

This ready to hang, gallery-wrapped art piece features a canyon landscape filling the frame.

Prominent Colors: Grey, Black, Orange, Purple, Brown, Wine

R.W. Hedge, a native Texan, has traveled the country to gain knowledge and inspiration for his art. Ronnie has captured the glory of the American landscape and its wildlife since he taught himself to paint when he was fifteen. Being self-taught, he has developed a unique style that is exciting and groundbreaking. As a teenager, Ronnie did not think about using an easel or a mixing palette and he did not realize that canvas was stretched before painting. He would simply cut out pieces of canvas whatever size he thought he needed and then drag in plywood from outside to tack them to. The results were big pieces of plywood leaning against every surface in the house with odd-sized paintings tacked to them. Since he was not using a palette, he would just squeeze paint from the tubes right onto the brushes; any mixing took place on the canvas. This gave Ronnie a rough texture but also the deep color and rough line he was looking for.

Giclee (jee-clay) is an advanced printmaking process for creating high quality fine art reproductions. The attainable excellence that Giclee printmaking affords makes the reproduction virtually indistinguishable from the original piece. The result is wide acceptance of Giclee by galleries, museums, and private collectors. Gallery wrap is a method of stretching an artist's canvas so that the canvas wraps around the sides and is secured a hidden, wooden frame. This method of stretching and preparing a canvas allows for a frameless presentation of the finished painting.