Artist: Ryan Fowler Subject: Animals Style: Scandinavian Product Type: Gallery-Wrapped Canvas Art Made in USA This ready to hang, gallery-wrapped art piece features a graphic illustration of a wolf on an orange background. Ryan Fowler is an illustrator and graphic artist based in Chicago and Middlebury, Vermont. Ryan received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design where he studied photography. His artistic process was informed by his study of photography and photographic printing methods, both in the darkroom and on the computer. Ryan uses a hybrid of traditional and modern techniques utilizing drawings, paintings, and computer based illustration tools. Ryan covers a variety of subject matter with his work including animals, landscapes, childrens art, typography and graphic design. His work is inspired by nature, advertising design, and New England and Pacific Northwest iconography. 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.