Decorative cover for altering a visual appearance of a piece of wall art and method therefor

A method of altering a visual appearance of a piece of wall art, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a decorative cover for altering a visual appearance of a piece of wall art comprising:
• a front panel, said front panel including a decorative image on an outer surface of said front panel;
• a perimeter wall being positioned about and integrally formed with said front panel, said perimeter wall be positioned to extend in a direction perpendicular to said front panel;
• a lip being integrally formed with said perimeter wall, said lip projecting inwardly from said perimeter wall in a direction parallel to said front panel such that said lip forms a perimeter pocket with said perimeter wall and said front panel, said lip having an edge surrounding an orifice;
• and
• a band being connected to said edge of said lip, said band being positioned to surround said orifice, said band comprising a resilient material being stretchable for placement of a perimeter section of a piece of wall art inside said perimeter pocket and being resilient to pull said front panel taut over a front surface of the piece of wall art;
• stretching said band to expand said orifice to fit around a piece of wall art larger than said orifice;
• placing a perimeter section of the piece of wall art inside said perimeter pocket, such that said front panel extends over a front surface of the piece of wall art, said perimeter wall extends over a perimeter surface of the piece of wall art, and said lip extends over a perimeter portion of a back surface of the piece of wall art;
• and
• releasing said band and thereby pulling said front panel taut over the front surface of the piece of wall art, such that said decorative image is visible.