Training and re-training opportunities for physically and socially disabled individuals abound in the screenprinting industry. Hands, eyes, good judgement, and desire to excel are the four necessary ingredients to do well in this industry. The screenprinting business is almost exclusively made up of companies started by printers. The entrepreneurial printer with the desire to run his or her own company can easily start a home based or small business on a shoe-string budget, and grow with the customer base. Screenprinting is a recognized 'legitimate' form of Limited Edition art printing, and is an excellent and challenging area of fine arts.
Many artists use serigraphs to reproduce multiples of their work for a wider market.
Canadian West Coast native artists Robert Davidson, Bill Reid, and Roy Vickers, or other contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol, Christopher Pratt, and Frank Stella have used screenprinting to make their mark in the international art world. Many artists will turn to screenprinting as a creative outlet, especially with the advent of waterbase ink technology and the ever expanding capabilities of the medium. Screenprinting About Andy MacDougall Andy MacDougall has been involved in all facets of screenprinting, from owning and running one of the top commercial shops in Vancouver B.C., to helping develop the Parapress large format screen press, and building the SOL-X solar exposing system. Through the years, he has also applied the technology of commercial screenprinting to the production of fine art prints, and currently operates an innovative art printing studio in the Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, off Canada's west coast. A firm believer in the benefits of collaboration between the artist and the printer, he has worked with many of Canada's leading artists and helped them explore new and wonderful applications of the screenprinting process as they explore the medium.