Happiness Unfolding by Julie Weaverling 18"X18", Print on Canvas

This painting features Hand Painted Brushstrokes: first we print the image on canvas then we use a brush or pallet knife to apply clear acrylic gel to the painting giving it the look and feel of an original painting. Happiness Unfolding by Julie Weaverling 18"X18", A recurring theme in southern California artist Julie Weaverling's work is the idea of compartments and compartmentalizing our lives, literally and figuratively. Julie's work is informed by society's teachings, how to separate ourselves from our work, our heritage, our family, each other. Julie's method primarily involves the repeated layering of color, then breaking through to discover what is beneath. Often the result grows organically, however the idea is usually well thought out. Her subjects can be a simple yet complex emotion, a memory, a figure or a landscape.This painting printed on thick Gallery Wrap Canvas is printed using the latest Giclee techniques on museum grade canvas. Our Giclee printers use 12 colors to create a rich color gamut giving the deep dark and subtle highlights of an original painting. Our gallery wrap canvases are printed on thick 100% cotton canvas because we noticed that the cheap poly canvas our competitors are using is "sagging" or "draping". Thick 100% cotton canvas will loosen naturally when the wood expands and it will shrink like fresh jeans just out of the drier when the wood shrinks. The canvas is then stretched over kiln dried - finger jointed pine. With finger jointing technology the wood stays straight and strong. Finger jointed pine frames are superior to other stretcher frames because we cut around the knots and re-join the wood using the finger jointing technology. When wood expands and contracts around knotty wood it changes it's shape. With finger jointing technology the wood stays straight and strong. The resulting piece of art will last for years of enjoyment.