Shenandoah Valley Graphics promotes the Art & Photography of Michael Reisenberg and Abstract Art by Henry Benjamin. These Shenandoah Valley Artists’ Original oils, watercolors, pastels, photographs, & digital art are also available as reproductions and /or Prints.

Our goal is to offer the highest quality reproductions and Photographs as possible, at affordable prices.

To understand our pricing and our product please read the following:

The words, Reproduction and Print, are often used as synonyms in today's Art Market. That is confusing to the buyer. The two words have different meanings and connotations. Although, a reproduction is printed it is not a Print?

A print is, or should be, an original work of art. A Reproduction is a copy of an original work of art.

Our reproductions are printed on the finest paper and canvas we can buy with archival inks that will last 100 yrs. They are signed by the Artist; but as good a copy as they are, they are not PRINTS!

A Print, signed and numbered, is not a copy of an oil, watercolor, or pastel. Or at least it shouldn’t be. Those are reproductions. Examples of Prints are lithographs, etchings, silk-screens, woodcuts, photographs, and Digital Art. They are worked by the Artist in the listed medium. When an Artist takes a picture of a painting and duplicates it by inkjet, giclee, or web press he has created a reproduction. Signing and numbering them doesn’t change that. We at Shenandoah Valley Graphics will never sell a reproduction as a print and that is why the “giclee prints” of our paintings will never be numbered.

We number Digital Prints & Enhanced Photographs so the buyer will know how many will be sold and that they are originals in their respective mediums.

Some history: The reason PRINTS were and are numbered when created in the traditional media is because the more copies made the poorer the copy.

The 2nd print in a series became 2/500 So #1/500 was worth more than (50/500) more than (500/500) until the artist felt that the quality was unacceptable and he stopped printing. Then the artist destroyed the plate. xed it out.

There are X-out Rembrandts being printed and sold. What do you think he’d say about that?

Today’s printers allow an artist to reproduce his work with no drop-off in quality from 1st image to last. I can print one million copies of an oil painting and the millionth with be just as good as the first, but none of them will have the richness, color or value of the oil painting they represent. So there is no reason to number a series or to limit it. That is why we sell our reproductions at a lower price than the many “print” reproductions available.

Why then do we number and limit our Digital Prints & Photographs? Because they meet the criteria of original art and in this market we want our customers to know the difference.

The original oils, watercolors & pastels are for sale unless they are marked sold or nfs. Paintings that are sold can still be purchased as reproductions.

Reproductions are sold according to size and type of paper or canvas. We do 90% of our own printing. This keeps our costs down.

Photographs, and Digital prints can be purchased on a variety of surface and size but the total edition number stays the same.

Work can be purchased framed or unframed. We have a wide variety of frames available and will be linking to that site eventually. In the meantime ask if you’d like the item framed.

Gift cards, calendars & other items are coming soon. This is a new site and will be updated daily until we get it right. See pricing for details on images.