Discover our selection of mono prints for sale. Mono prints are types of art prints made using a technique that, much like other printing techniques, involves the transfer of ink or paint to paper using a block. But, unlike other printing techniques, the process allows a single print to be made. You can get to know the medium and buy mono prints online when you browse our Botanical Mono Prints, Landscape Mono Prints and more.
Tracy Emin used mono printing to create The Family Suite – a series of mono prints that recall moments from Emin’s childhood in Margate where she grew up. One of the most striking prints in the series is Mum Smoking, a portrait of Emin’s mum drawn with dark shaky lines, the technique lending to the image its childlike qualities.
Bruce McLean is a Scottish artist and one of the most important figures in contemporary British art scene. We can’t get enough of his vibrant mono prints, and neither can private and public collectors around the world. Each of his works are unique since he adds hand paints and collaged elements to each print.
Why Start a Mono Print Collection?
So, why collect a mono print? Because each one is a singular expression — spontaneous, tactile, and full of intent. There’s a sense of immediacy in the medium, a feeling that you’re witnessing a fleeting moment captured just once. It shares something with painting, in its gesture and physicality; with photography, in its play with light and surface; and at times, even with sculpture, when the ink’s texture seems to lift from the paper.
For those who are drawn to the quiet strength of process-driven works, mono prints offer a compelling middle ground — one where chance meets intention, and no two impressions are ever quite the same.
