Flower of Life 2011 David Coggins (brush and ink on paper, 22x30")

Big Willow 2010 (brush and ink on layered paper, 120"x96")

Big Willow by David Coggins is on view until from July 1 until September 19, 2011 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Target Wing Atrium).

Around the Blue  
Caribbean Watercolors by David Coggins
(Released 1 July 2011 by Cobalt Press)

Caribbean 7  2011 (watercolor on paper, 4 3/4" x 6")

From Around the Blue by David Coggins (Cobalt Press 2011)

Caribbean 17  2011 (watercolor on paper, 4 3/4" x 6")
From Around the Blue by David Coggins (Cobalt Press 2011)

Yoga 
Drawing Quiet by David Coggins
(Released 1 July 2011 by Cobalt Press)

Yoga 24  2010 (ink on paper, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2")

From Yoga by David Coggins (Cobalt Press 2011).

Yoga 30  2010 (ink on paper, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2")

From Yoga by David Coggins (Cobalt Press 2011).

"Black Willow 9" 2011 (Archival digital print, 28x16")

"Black Willow 12" 2011 (Archival digital print, 28x16")

Books 1994 (pastel on paper, 40 x 29")

Robert Carolina's Daybooks

(Cobalt Press 2010)


10 years 8 books 1700 pages of collage

Individual books (limited edition 50 copies each book): $30

Boxed set (limited edition 35): $300

Available: Cobalt Press, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Common Good Books, St. Paul, Partners & Spade, New York


A boxed set of the Daybooks has been acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for its permanent collection.

Created between 2000 and 2010, each of the eight Daybooks is named after the rich color of its cover, The Blue, The Green, The Orange, etc. The collages are made from a vast array of everyday material ranging from newspapers, photographs, and drawings to wasp's nests, pencil shavings, and shirt pockets. The endless combinations of text and imagery reflect on age-old themes: art, sport, food, nature, travel, love, war, home, family. The Daybooks are funny, poetic, beautiful, and surprising. They are a lot like life, one moment lyrical, the next moment strange.


Each Daybook also exists as a fifteen-foot long scroll printed on Japanese paper.


Robert Carolina is an itinerant artist and writer. An unfounded rumor has it that he and David Coggins walk the same dog.

Robert Carolina's Daybooks (Boxed Sets Edition 35 Cobalt Press 2010)

Daybooks Boxed Set (Cobalt Press 2010)

Daybooks Boxed Set (Cobalt Press 2010)

The Red Daybook 2010 (digital print diptych left, 43 x 90")
The Red Daybook 2010 (digital print diptych right, 43 x 90")

The American Dream 7 x 10" Collage from The Red Daybook by Robert Carolina (Cobalt Press 2010 Edited by David Coggins)

The Idea 7 x 10" Collage from The Brown Daybook by Robert Carolina (Cobalt Press 2010 Edited by David Coggins)

Idiosyncratic 7 x 10" Collage from The Green Daybook by Robert Carolina (Cobalt Press 2010 Edited by David Coggins)

Desolate Exuberance 7 x 10" Collage from The Orange Daybook by Robert Carolina (Cobalt Press 2010 Edited by David Coggins)

She Started Crying 7 x 10" Collage from The Orange Daybook by Robert Carolina (Cobalt Press 2010 Edited by David Coggins)

They Want What They Want 7 x 10" Collage from The Orange Daybook by Robert Carolina (Cobalt Press 2010 Edited by David Coggins)

Please 7 x 10 " Collage from The Brown Daybook (Cobalt Press 2010 Edited by David Coggins)

The Orange Daybook 2010 (digital print detail, 43 x 39")

The Orange Daybook 2010 (digital print detail, 43 x 39")

Umbrella with Table and Chair 2010 (ink on paper, 9 x 6")

Still Life (Vegetables) 2010 (ink on paper, 6 x 9")

Still Life ("Books v. cigarettes") 2010 from Brown: A Country Portrait (ink on paper, 9 x 6")

Cyclist 2010 (Archival pigment print, 42 x 29")