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The contemporary giclee (pronounced "zhee-CLAY") art printing process emerged in the early 1990's as a result of the creative efforts of musician Graham Nash and a friend, Mac Holbert. Graham and Mac developed the process to exploit the capabilities of the Iris 3047 inkjet printer (giclee means "sprayed ink"), originally developed for high quality digital graphic proofing.  Soon the first digital art printing house appeared and it has been followed by others, making fine art quality printing widely available. Allie Jensen adopted the process relatively early, and, with the collaboration of her assistants, has developed a mastery of the medium.

The giclee print is superior to art prints produced using other techniques. Advances in the technology and in the skills of the printing craftsmen now produce stunning detail and amazingly accurate color. The resolution (level of detail) of these prints is significantly greater than the gold-standard lithography it has replaced, resulting in crisp contrast and intense color. Allie Jensen's giclee prints are produced with archival pigments on archival watercolor paper. Printed in this way, Allie's prints often fool the eye, with quality rivaling the original watercolor.