Painted Album Covers

  1. T-Pain

    Released 2023 on Nappy Boy Entertainment. Artwork by Pencil Fingerz.

  2. Dungen

    Released 2022 on Mexican Summer. Painted by Jenny Palén Ejstes.

  3. The Strokes

    Released 2020 on Cult Records/ RCA. Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

  4. Esther Rose

    Released 2020 on Father/ Daughter Records. Painting by Erica Jean Lambertson.

  5. Joni Mitchell

    Released 1969 on Reprise Records. Painting by Joni Mitchell.

  6. PACKS

    Released 2021 on Fire Talk. Painting by Eva Link.

  7. Pink Siifu, Fly Anakin

    Released 2020 on Lex Records. Painting by Jacob Rochester.

  8. Bob Dylan

    Released 1970 on Columbia. Painting by Bob Dylan.

  9. Palace

    Released 2016 on Fiction Records. Painting by Bill Wilby.

  10. MICHELLE

    Released 2022 on Canvasback/ Atlantic Records. Painting by Emma Lee.

  11. Anjimile

    Released 2021 on Father/ Daughter Records. Painting by Rebecca Larios.

  12. Adrianne Lenker

    Released 2020 on 4AD. Painting by Diane Lee.

  13. James Blake

    Released 2021 on Republic/ Polydor. Painting by Miles Johnston.

  14. Lorde

    Released 2017 on Universal. Painting by Sam McKinnis.

  15. Helena Deland

    Released 2020 on Luminelle. Painting by Xavier Beldor.

This album list was curated by Rachel Cabitt.
Their bio reads:

A photographer and designer with a background in music based in New York. She is the co-founder of POND Creative, a visual studio for the music industry and writes The Art of Cover Art, a newsletter exploring the visual history of music.

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