Caryl Hull Leavitt Prints for Sale at Galaray House

Original archival prints and silkscreen originals by a distinctive American artist, available online and in our gallery.

Caryl Hull Leavitt creates a world that is instantly recognizable and genuinely hard to resist. Her bold, graphic animal illustrations (owls, whales, bears, pandas, seagulls, and more) are rendered in vivid flat color with a geometric playfulness that feels both contemporary and timeless. There is real wit in her work: a seagull eyeing a pile of french fries, a kangaroo and joey sharing a moment, whales paired side by side as if posing for a portrait. Leavitt's prints bring warmth and personality to any space they occupy.

What Is an Archival Print?

An archival print, sometimes called a giclée print, is a high-resolution fine art reproduction produced using professional-grade pigment-based inks on premium acid-free paper. The term "archival" refers to the materials' resistance to fading and deterioration over time. Museum-quality archival prints are rated to maintain their color and integrity for well over a century under normal display conditions, far outlasting prints made with standard inkjet or commercial printing methods. Every Caryl Hull Leavitt archival print available at Galaray House is matted and hand signed by the artist.

What Is an Original Silkscreen?

A silkscreen print is an entirely different thing. Rather than a reproduction of an existing image, each silkscreen is a hand-pulled original using ink pressed through a mesh screen, layer by layer, by the artist's own hand. No two are identical. Silkscreens occupy the same category as etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts in the history of fine art printmaking, and they carry the same collectible weight. Leavitt's Smokin' Hots series is produced as original silkscreens, making each one a distinct and irreplaceable work of art.

Why Both Matter for Collectors

Prints have a long and serious history in the art world, from Dürer's woodcuts to Warhol's screen prints. Some of the most important works in major collections are works on paper. Both archival prints and silkscreen originals represent meaningful additions to a collection, each for different reasons.

Archival prints offer the look, quality, and longevity of fine art at an accessible price point. They hang, frame, and live on the wall exactly as a painting should. For first-time buyers, they are often where a lifelong collecting habit begins. For established collectors, they are an intelligent way to expand into new voices and new rooms of the house without the commitment of a major canvas purchase.

Silkscreen originals offer something different: the provenance and singularity of a true original. When you acquire a piece from Leavitt's Smokin' Hots series, you are acquiring a one-of-a-kind object that no one else owns. That distinction matters in a collection.

Leavitt's works are particularly well suited to collectors who value cohesion and narrative. Her individual archival prints read beautifully as standalone pieces, while her PAIRS series, two images framed together, invites a more curatorial approach to display. A wall of Leavitt prints, thoughtfully grouped alongside a silkscreen original, becomes something more than the sum of its parts.

Galaray House is pleased to offer the full range of Caryl Hull Leavitt archival prints, with individual prints matted and hand signed at $60 and PAIRS prints framed at $250, as well as original silkscreen prints from the Smokin' Hots series. All works are available for purchase online or in our gallery.