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Monte Baunk

THE PROCESS

HOW IT'S MADE

Everything worth knowing before you put one on a wall.

  1. 01

    DRAW

    ProCreate on a 12.9" iPad Pro, Apple Pencil. Every single line by hand, sometimes specific to the pixel.

  2. 02

    PRINT

    Professionally printed by Silvertone International on Rembrandt Canvas or archival paper, in Epson UltraChrome high-pigment acid-free inks.

  3. 03

    BREAK

    Then I take a museum-quality canvas and go to town — Posca, Mont Marte paint markers, inks, paints, and occasionally some ash from my joint. That is where it stops being a print.

01What am I actually looking at?

Every piece starts as a drawing — each line made by hand on an iPad, often down to the pixel. It is then printed by Silvertone International on Rembrandt Canvas or archival paper, in Epson UltraChrome pigment inks that are acid-free and made to last. Then I work back into the print by hand. That last stage is what makes each one an object rather than a copy.

02Is it a print or a painting?

Both, and that is deliberate. The printed layer is the ground, not the finished piece. What happens on top of it — acrylic, oil pastel, paint marker, ink, and on some works ash — is applied by hand, once, to that specific canvas. Some pieces are worked heavily. Some are barely touched. No two leave the studio the same.

03What do the editions mean?

An edition is how many exist in a particular size and medium. Smaller sizes run in larger editions, larger sizes in very small ones, and some works exist only once. The exact edition for any given piece is printed on its certificate and listed on its page.

04What is a True Size Original?

A TSO is printed at the size the artwork was originally drawn at — the scale I was working to, rather than a standard paper size. There is one of each.

05What is a Monotype?

A one-of-one. A single certified piece in a single size and medium, with nothing else like it.

06How do I know it is real?

Every official work ships with a hand-signed certificate of authenticity carrying its edition details. Some collectors frame the certificate alongside the piece.

07How should I look after it?

Treat it as you would any mixed-media work on canvas: out of direct sunlight, away from damp, and dusted rather than wiped. The hand-applied layers are sealed, but they are physical material — it is a surface, not a screen.