Additional policies and FAQs

Copyright Information:



All rights are retained by the artist. Unauthorized reproduction (in any form) is strictly prohibited. All artwork and images are copyright Willson Lau.



Additional Information:



On this site we display digital images of the artwork, this is why slight deviations in color to the original are technically possible. The digitizing of the photos, your monitor settings as well as the kind of monitor used (normal or TFT) will have an influence on the illustration of the works which can, when pictured on the internet, slightly deviate from the original. In reality, the colors display a far higher luminosity and nuance than it is possible to show in a photo.



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An Explanation from the Artist: Why Watermarks?



Firstly I must apologize to customers and potential customers for adding to my pictures one and another watermarks, which degrade the quality of pictures, and prevent customers from viewing some parts of the pictures clearly. Really Sorry!



Secondly, I would like to explain why I have to add these watermarks. From when I started selling on the Internet, I did not watermark my pictures. I did not realize that my pictures were widely pirated/stolen/misused until later when I was told by some of my customers. Today, I can often encounter pictures of my early works when I browse art and print selling sites, regardless C2C sites or B2C sites, international sites or domestic sites. They use my pictures to sell their own poor copies ( I say "poor" copies, because if they paint a little close to my originals, they could very well use their own pictures; also because I have seen a lot of pictures imitating my originals during the past few years ). Some even use a phony name to systemically pirate my pictures under this phony name and put them everywhere on the art and print selling sites, to make money, even to make a fame. So I started to add a watermark to each of my pictures.



So thanks to customers and potential customers for your kind accommodation on this regard. Thanks!



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A Couple of Statements by Artist Willson Lau



1. I do not use any sites other than Etsy and my personal website to sell my original artworks. Thus, pictures of my original paintings appear on other art and print selling sites are all used without my authorization.



2. The pictures I used and use on the Internet are for web viewing purpose only, thus with web resolution only. They are not qualified for printing Giclees at all. The lowest picture resolution requested for a quality Giclee print is 300 DPI. With this resolution request, my pictures used on the Internet normally can only print a Giclee with a length of around 10CM ( i.e. 2.5inches ), if keeping quality of the print in mind. But some print sites have been using these pictures to offer their customers Giclee prints of regular sizes, such as 16", 20" or even bigger. To my surprise, some of those are the most famous print sites in the world! I know they must have a technology to improve the resolution of the pictures, but however extraordinary their technology might be, they can not use an image of web resolution to print a quality Giclee of regular size. For one thing, they print my original pictures without my authorization, this is a shame; For another thing, they offer Giclee prints from web resolution pictures, where is their quality bottom line? How many artists are exploited like this? How many prints offered on their sites are with the similar origin ( web images ) and with similar quality ( web resolution )?