March 2019 Dear Laura, When you receive this next addition to The Collective it will be delivered in person while we are in New York City! I am so thrilled…
Dear Tina, How are you my friend? I’ve been reading our journal and thinking about the different themes in our work~nature, feathers, landscapes, connection. I wonder if we, like most…
Dear Laura, I like how said in your last letter, “the feathers became little worlds, both abstract and real”. You are right that one of our themes is feathers. We have…
Hand Painted Feathers Dear Tina, The lovely video you made of our work is what inspired this painting of the hand painted feathers. It’s always so fun to see the work…
Dear Laura, I made a little video of our most recent works from The Collective. Inspired by our talk in Asheville a few months ago, I reflected on the visual…
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Dear Tina, I loved reading your last letter. Yes, I agree, drawing is a really good way to slow down and “see”. Creating little flower posies and viewing them…
Hello Friends! We put together a short video of what we saw at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville North Carolina a few weeks back. The artist, Dale Chihuly, researched the…
Hello Friends! We have recently come back from a refreshing trip to Asheville, North Carolina. We made a short video for you to see how we spent our days. This…
Dear Laura, It was exciting to read the poetry you sent in the last mailed Collective package. I chose to create this new piece from the poem you wrote about…
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct”. ~Carl Jung Dear Tina, How are you my friend? I have to say that…
Dear Laura, These most recent artworks back and forth through the mail have been in an insightful conversation. I feel like we are hitting a stride! Your most recent addition…
Dear Tina & sweet friends, First of all I want to thank you for continuing to follow our creative journey. It feels unbelievably special and we appreciate you SO much!…
Dear Tina, How are you? I too am enjoying the handwritten letters we are writing to each other in our journal. Seeing your handwriting makes me feel closer to you…
Dear Laura and Friends, Our annual tradition of choosing One Little Word goes back to 2011! We didn’t write about the word that particular year, but we did the following…
Dear Friends, Seemed like 2017 flew by, but when we stopped to write down all that we have experienced and accomplished it seemed the year was actually long. We traveled…
Dear Laura, I am enjoying our handwritten letters to one another in the book we send along with the art for The Collective. In your last letter to me about this…
Dear Friends, We often talk about other artists who are inspiring. Aurora Robson is one of those artists that we have talked about and know that our readers would appreciate. …
Hello Sweet T~ How are you? Fall is happening here in New England and bringing with it all it’s glorious color! Although I am sad to see summer go there…
Dear Friends! Tina made another video of our most recent artwork added to our mail art project. We hope you enjoy watching it to see our progress. We have been…
Dear Friends, I was reading Laura’s blog post about joy and wanted to direct you to her thoughts (CLICK HERE). She always inspires me with her positivity and ability to…
Dear Laura, When I received your new piece of art for The Collective I had to squint:) Those colors are certainly energetic and loud. It’s like a party on paper!…
Dear Tina, It was a bit of a bummer to see our work damaged from the postal service. I wonder what happened there! WOW! You did a really nice job…
Dear Laura, After receiving your newest piece of the collective in the mail (scroll down to see the damage of the package received in the mail- yikes!), I took a…
Dear Friends, This letter is part two of a series on Gloria Steinem’s new book My Life on the Road. To catch up on part one click HERE. We both…
Dear Tina, How are you my friend? My garden is starting to come to life and I am the happiest girl, flooded with inspiration from all the lush color. Winter is WAY…
More work is accumulating in the correspondence project we have developed called “The Collective”. Currently, we have about 20 pieces completed. Each piece is in conversation with all the other…
Dear Friends, As we mentioned in our previous letter, we have been reviewing what is working and not working on our blog. We are changing our “Mindfulness” category that we typically…
Dear Friends, Laura and I make the commitment to talk on the phone weekly. We catch up on one another’s lives, studio practice, and our work together. A few times…
Dear Tina, I SO loved that gold shimmer you added to your last drawing for The Collective! It reminded me of the sun sparkling on the water here in CT.…
Dear Friends, We visited Baltimore, Maryland recently to attend the Light City Festival. Above is a short video of what we saw. We were so impressed by all the friendly people…
Dear Tina, I now see why the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is your favorite Museum! I finally went for a visit and was enthralled with Isabella’s intimate and thoughtfully curated collection…
Dear Friends, We have had some great discussions about the first three chapters of Gloria Steinem’s book My Life on the Road. See our previous post with some insights on…
Here are our newest additions to The Collective this month! ABOUT THIS PROJECT: We are mailing a box back and forth between the two of us. In this box, we are…
Dear Tina, How are you? I have been bundled up indoors, dreaming of spring and filling my well of inspiration. I’ve been binge listening to podcasts in my studio and have really been…
Dear Friends, We are excited to announce the book we have selected for our next book club! My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem We will be reading this over…
Dear Laura, For our newest addition to our mail art project “The Collective”, I created this drawing in response to your latest piece of art. While sometimes I respond to…
Dear Laura, I wanted to remind you of one of the artists you researched during graduate school. You showed me how Friedensreich Hundertwasser created paintings and architecture inspired and made…
Dear Tina, Thank you so much for the little brass Ganesh you put in The Collective box. I put him on my desk as a reminder to remove obstacles in…
Dear Laura & Friends, It was great to read Laura’s One Little Word. She is always so good about keeping up with her word throughout the year and reminding me…
Dear Friends, In 2011 we started a tradition of picking a word that would guide us through the year. This idea was inspired by Ali Edwards “One Little Word” project. For…
Dear Tina, As we start off the new year I thought I would share this beautiful video and inspiring interview with two delightful souls: Dr. Terry Kennedy, a meditation teacher and…
Notes by Laura: I was inspired by the color in Tina’s last drawing of the birds. This zinnia was one of the last flowers in my garden and I wanted to carry over the…
Dear Friends, We have discussed Part One & Part Two of the book Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Today we will be discussing Part Three: In the Spirit of Mindfulness. Similar…
“Painting embodies the warmth of one’s emotions,” says artist Sun Xun, demonstrating his unique painting technique in settings that have personal resonance for him. From his Beijing studio, the artist…
Dear Friends, We have discussed Part One of the book Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat- Zinn. Today we will be discussing Part Two: The Heart of Practice, in an…
This is simply a quick update on how our Collective is growing. Laura currently has the box of collected art and is responding visually this week while in her studio.…
Dear Tina, How are you my friend? I have been craving some “soulful” listening while I am painting and came across this interview Krista Tippett shared from On Being with…
Dear Laura, I have the honor to exhibit my artwork at Redux Contemporary Art Center in the Conolly Gallery this month through November 19th. Above is the outside of the…
Dear Friends, As we mentioned in our previous letter, we have been reading Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat Zinn. We have developed four questions for Part…
Dear Laura, We survived our first hurricane evacuation and thankfully had minimal damage to our home. I am grateful that our neighbors are doing fine as well. One thing…