One of nine children, Phyllis Adams was born in Boston and has lived most of her life in New England. She spent her childhood summers in Westport, Massachusetts, a pristine coastal town that she now calls home. Although her heart has always been in art, Phyllis' career took a different path. In addition to being the proud mother of three sons, she worked for over a decade as a computer software manager. Today she paints full-time, creating art that evokes the natural beauty of coastal New England, she says. "The ocean, the beaches, and wildlife are my constant inspiration". 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 the 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 in a hidden, wooden frame. This method of stretching and preparing a canvas allows for a frameless presentation of the finished painting.
