Inside the Studio

Dan on murals

Dan Covert's graphic painting practice features organic-yet-geometric shapes that shift and develop from work to work. As he's scaled up his practice over the years from works on paper to two site-specific murals, he shares his thoughts on how his process has been refined, how painstaking painting can still be, and the importance of craftsmanship.

I prefer a slow evolution, rather than constant seismic shifts in my work. I've been developing and evolving the same language of shapes for seven or eight years. If you were to look at my work in the beginning till now you'd see a big difference, but if you were to look at my work from six months ago till now the progression would be incremental.
Dan Covert