Painting · Printmaking · Installation · Cinema Est. 2003 — Present
Kyle Parker Cunningham

Rocket Propelled Clovis Point

2022

A turtle carries the arsenal this time — rocket, clovis point, and satellite dish strapped to the hexagons of its shell. The slowest courier entrusted with the fastest cargo: twelve thousand years of point technology riding deep time's own armored chassis. The painting (2020) posed the idea; the turtle volunteered to deliver it.

Intaglio drypoint prints. Printed area approx 6 x 9 inches. Handtorn paper approx 8 x 10 inches.

Intaglio drypoint print of a whimsical turtle carrying a rocket and a Clovis arrowhead on its hexagonal-patterned shell, with a satellite dish near its head, hand-colored with burnt orange along the ground line.
Rocket Propelled Clovis Point by kyle parker cunningham
Full view of the Rocket Propelled Clovis Point drypoint print on handtorn paper, showing the pencil-signed title, edition number, and artist signature beneath the plate mark.
Close-up detail of the Clovis arrowhead and satellite dish on the turtle's shell, showing the fine drypoint line work and cross-hatching of the flaked stone point.
Second impression of the Rocket Propelled Clovis Point drypoint in black ink on handtorn paper, showing the turtle with rocket and arrowhead against a dark ground line without hand-coloring.