Watercolor art reproduced as limited and open edition pigmented prints

From Watercolor Artist Magazine article: Strategically designed lively shadows and rich luminous washes of transparent color describe the work of New York artist Marlies Merk Najaka. "I want the viewer to experience the same intensity and reaction to the way light bounces through space and transforms a subject and its perceived color that I do," relates the artist, "and to see shadows as more than just a black shape."
"My goal with every painting is to see how much I can leave out rather than how much I can put in," states the artist. She effectively combines similar values, shapes and colors in the picture plane to provide the foundation for her work. "Although my subjects appear to be realistically rendered," explains Najaka, "they are actually composed of abstract shapes.

"With the advent of Giclee printing, I am finally able to recreate my art with a verisimilitude that was not available in the past. Giclee prints incorporate all of the subtle nuances of my original art so well that it is rarely possible for me to distinguish one from the other". The archival quality of a Giclee print using pigmented inks is over 100 years.

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I would like viewers of my watercolor paintings to experience them from their perspective without the interjection of my concepts and work process. The hope is for the viewer to enter a dialogue with the art that avoids preconceived notions or my conceptual influences. Art is about the experience, both in the creation and in the viewing of it.

“Paintings must be understood through the eyes, and that's not the word either. No writing, no talking, no singing, no dancing will explain them. They are the final, the nth whoopee of sight."
Charles Demuth