Artist Scott Covert Exhibit Opens Jan. 15

Opening Reception: Jan. 15, 6-8 p.m.
Exhibit: January 15-February 28, 2013
Art & Design Gallery, Smith Hall

Artist Scott Covert will show his work, "Treasures from the Necropolis," at the Andrews University Art & Design Gallery beginning January 15 and ending February 28, 2013. Guests who choose to attend the opening reception Tuesday, January 15, from 6-8 p.m. will enjoy light refreshments. Those unable to attend the opening reception may view the artwork until February 28th in the Art & Design Gallery located in room 119 in Smith Hall.

For the last 25 years, Covert has been on a creative pilgrimage all over the United States and Europe, paying visits to the grave sites of cultural icons: movie stars, explorers, politicians, artists, heroes, villains, architects, murderers, murder victims, singers, athletes, novelists, inventors, rock stars and poets.
Few have visited as many cemeteries as Mr. Covert: fewer still return with such treasures. Once in his outdoor studio, the artist prepares a sheaf of canvass and places it over the gravestones. Covert then uses an oil or wax crayon to impulsively adorn the canvas with his subjects’ inscriptions. At times, one subject’s inscription repeats on a single canvas; other times, an inscription is placed on a canvas in a collage of personalities’ names, in varied colors and textures.