Book cover illustration for a Norwegian novel about two parents and their estranged son. I wanted to depict the family dynamic with three pines: Two standing closely together and reaching out only shyly to a third tree that grows away from them and seems to have a rather twisted, mysterious inner life.
its a very self contained, well crafted text, that made me think of the aloof beauty of a Japanese jewellery box. I tried to capture that together with the dark and quiet undertone of the story.
The illustration is printed with black ink on a shimmery paper, that is used otherwise for boxes of chocolates.
Published at °Luftschacht.