Nine new monoprints from the land where cardboard plays! Work from the start of winter. I hope these please the eye and mind. The rest of the website is due for a rearrangement and cleanup, so the newest work is only available here.

These prints combine the ideas from 'sticks and stones' and the cardboard constructions. They are printed from pieces of prepared torn cardboard, extensively hand inked. All these monoprints are printed in a single pass through the press.

Hillside, tree, sun

Fall Forest

Ploughed Field

Vertical Landscape

Heroic Figure

I have been inundated by cardboard boxes coming into my home this summer. As I recycled them, I started to admire the cleverness of the designers, creating boxes with a minimum of waste and adhesive, while still being able to create string and often compartmented containers. 

I took the opportunity to unfold these creations, and created simple prints from them. A few are here, the rest are at https://davidcovert.art/the-art/boxes.

These constructions were inspired by the recent paper prints and the vast quantities of cardboard that come into my house. I have always been attracted to corrugated cardboard, I think it is because of the structure underneath the placid surface. And then! you can expose the deception!. 

I am also still mulling about how to display these. Is the border strictly necessary? Should it be a thin line? are these meant to be freestanding or more or less wall pieces? This is definitely work in progress...

Anyway, here is a set of pieces. The top one is 18 x 24 inches, the rest are 18 x 12 inches.

18 x 12

12 x 18

18 x 12

12 x 18

Peach on a Branch