DCI Giclée Prints

With the advent of the Apple ][ computer in 1982, Ronald Davis began experimenting with early 3-D drawing programs, utilizing them as his primary sketching and drawing tool. He was one of the very first to create 3-D digital artworks, guaranteeing his place as an innovator in the new field of computer-aided art. In 1987 he began using 3-D modeling and rendering programs for the Mac, creating hundreds of digital color drawings over a ten-year period. The print technology to support long-lasting, true archival-quality color prints did not exist then.

But print quality evolved, making archival inks and papers available to artists, professional printers and fabricators. Always on top of current innovations and upgrades in technology, in 2001 Ronald jumped in and found Digital Color Imaging, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, that was investing in advanced digital print technology. DCI and Ronald published this series of high-resolution, limited edition Roland giclée color paintings on state-of-the-art Petgloss 150-year archival papers, using pigmented archival inks and mounted with UV laminate. These digital paintings are the real thing, not reproductions of other paintings. The entire series was exhibited in Ron’s 2002 retrospective at The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.