Laura TWO Tina - Two Artists Collaborating
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • Email
Newsletter Sign Up HERE

Menu
Skip to content
  • Laura’s Art
  • Tina’s Art
  • Collaborative Art Projects
  • About Us

Category Archives: Collaborative Art

Laura and Tina creating art together and why we think collaboration is the bomb!

Jul292019Jul 29 2019

The Collective: Tina’s Peace

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Mindfulness

Dear Laura, Your last artwork and written letter added to the collective was a great continuation of our themes from the past few years. Since you mentioned mandala in your last letter, I looked up the meaning and discovered there is a lot there to dig into. Mainly, it represents the universe and one’s search… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Dec92018Dec 9 2018

The Collective: Tina’s Feather Maps

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

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 several with landscapes too.  I think the reason why our collaboration works is that our muse is similar.  Another reason is that our work is wildly… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Nov182018Jul 23 2019

The Collective: Laura’s Hand Painted Feathers

by Laura&Tina, in category Collective, Laura's Art, Working Table

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 together and how our ideas flow. In your last letter you asked two questions: Can realism be abstract? Can abstraction be realism? You then went… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Oct72018Jul 23 2019

The Collective: Tina’s Maple Leaves & Abstraction

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

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 conversation going on in these artworks. I also went back and read our letters in the book we mail back and forth.  These ten pieces represent… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Aug232018Aug 23 2018

The Collective: abstract painting, summer flowers and color inspiration

by Laura&Tina, in category Collective, Laura's Art

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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 through the lens of my camera is one of the ways I “see”.  It’s become a large part of my creative process and a meditative… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Jul22018

Asheville 2018

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Video

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 time away in the woods gave us an opportunity to look at the last two years of work of our mail art collaborative project “The… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
May282018May 28 2018

The Collective: Tina’s Maple Leaf & “Seeing”

by Laura&Tina, in category Collective, Tina's Art, Working Table

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 maple tree seed. I have been thinking about observation drawing and its place in an artist’s practice.  It can be confusing because to the… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Apr52018

The Collective: Circle Seascape

by Laura&Tina, in category Collective, Laura's Art, Working Table

“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 the last package you sent me lit me up! I love how you included my collage and painting from all those years back. It was… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Feb192018

The Collective: Tina’s Moon Map

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Tina's Art

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 to The Collective brought up a powerful symbol- the circle.  It is one that you are often drawn to (even suggested in your square formats). … Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Jan222018Jan 23 2018

The Collective: purple feather & wholeness

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Laura's Art, Working Table

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 when I read it, like you are keeping me company in my studio. The wild turkey feather you drew for your last piece in The… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Jan22018Jan 2 2018

2017 In Review

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Year In Review

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 together to Baltimore MD and Washington DC, created 12 new pieces of art for our mail art project “The Collective”, wrote letters to one another… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Dec82017

The Collective: Turkey Feathers

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Tina's Art

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 project, you were exploring new paths in the woods and witnessing wild turkeys come across your path.  I have had a few wild turkey sightings… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Oct262017Oct 26 2017

The Collective: Funky Feathers

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Working Table

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 is a beauty and crispness in the air that I savor. Fall has a scent that I cannot clearly describe. It is embedded in my… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Sep122017Oct 12 2017

The Collective: Mushrooms & Beatrix Potter

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Tina's Art

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!  I know how much the warmth and color of summer inspire you so it’s good to see you go all out. Flipping through all the… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Aug172017

The Collective: Succulent Sunflowers

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Laura's Art, Working Table

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 flattening everything and packing it up for me. Thank you. I am happy to say it arrived safe and sound. Summer sure is slipping by… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Jul72017Aug 11 2017

The Collective: Delicate Blueberries

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

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 walk in my garden seeking what is blue.  Of course, I found the blueberries.  We have been picking them the last few weeks and adding… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Jun82017Jun 11 2017

The Collective: A Touch of Blue

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Laura's Art, Working Table

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 too long here in CT! I have been going to a lot of going to plant sales and gardens centers, filling my pots with fresh new… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
May292017

Collaboration: The Collective So Far…Spring 2017

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

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 pieces in the collection. See the collection in its entirety HERE. Enjoy!

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
May72017Jun 11 2017

Nurture Your Nature: Tina’s Working Table & The Collective

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Working Table

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 a year we review what we are doing well and what we are ready to change.  This past year we have been writing posts about… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Apr272017

The Collective: Funky Flamingo

by Laura&Tina, in category Collective, Laura's Art, Working Table

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. I also appreciated what you shared about the Great Blue Heron. What a graceful bird! Their long legs made me think of flamingos, a bird I have been intrigued by… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Mar262017Apr 26 2017

Collaborative Art: Lotus & Heron

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

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 adding works of art on paper of various sizes twice a month. We are thrilled to experiment with this continuously building body of work that… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Feb262017

Collaborative Art: “The Collective” Lotus Seeds

by Laura&Tina, in category Collective, Tina's Art

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 pieces in the box from weeks ago or a combination of them together, this piece is a direct link to this one:   I have… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Jan272017Apr 26 2017

Collaborative Art: “The Collective” Undercurrent

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective, Laura's Art

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 my life. I continue to recognize that my obstacles are mainly thoughts that do not serve me. When I let them go and focus on… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Dec272016

Collaborative Art: “The Collective” Gold Leaf and Zinnia

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

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 essence of it with this loose, contour line drawing. Tina had  added some old sheet music to the Collective box so I stamped in some… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Nov132016

Collaborative Art: “The Collective” Hurricane Matthew

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

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.  We will post another update in December as this box is mailed back and forth a few more times! Tina’s most recent addition is a… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Oct302016

Collaborative Art: Vision/ReVision Revisited With Tina’s Exhibition

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Tina's Art, Vision/ReVision

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 facility dedicated to the lovely Clementa C. Pinckney, who died in the shootings at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston. Our city still hasn’t fully… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Sep302016Oct 2 2016

Collaborative Art: “The Collective” Birch Bark & Ikebana

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

Hello! These are our latest additions to The Collective Project.  These are sent through the mail to one another with little prompting.  It is a pure visual response.  Often we send other things as well.  Laura sent some birch tree bark that reminded her of Tina’s recent sculptural work and Tina sent a newspaper article… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Aug282016Oct 2 2016

Collaborative Art: Collective August 2016

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Collective

Dear Friends, Our mail art project is growing!  Below is a picture of the works we have created this summer.  We will be updating the progress of this project monthly.  You can view all the work under COLLECTIVE on our website at any time. HOW IT WORKS: When we get the package of artworks we… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Aug62016Aug 8 2016

Manifesto: Revised

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art

Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, Tina visited Laura in Connecticut for a brief but fruitful time.  One thing that came out of our time is the above manifesto.  While we wrote this during our last visit, we revised some of the wording and made it more artful.  What do you think? We hiked, created art,… Read More

Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
Aug12016Aug 1 2016

Charleston Magazine: A Shout Out to L2T

by Laura&Tina, in category Collaborative Art, Tina's Art

Check it out!  Tina is the featured artist this month in Charleston Magazine.  There is also a shout out to our work here at Laura Two Tina.  You can get your copy at local grocery stores in Charleston or Barnes & Noble.  Yipeeeeee!!!

Related Posts with Thumbnails
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 12 13 Next Page

Latest Pins!

Conversation Topics

  • Collaborative Art (363)
    • Collaborative Book Project (26)
    • Collective (27)
    • Postcard Art (18)
    • TAOS (11)
    • Vision/ReVision (238)
    • Wish Ceremony (4)
    • Year In Review (4)
  • Inspiration (365)
    • Artist Talks (15)
    • Book Club (17)
      • Books (15)
    • Essays (21)
    • Interviews (6)
    • Mindfulness (14)
    • Nurture Your Nature (14)
    • Podcast (7)
    • Resources (201)
    • Video (32)
  • Laura's Art (174)
  • One Little Word (12)
  • Tina's Art (65)
    • Artist-Mother (6)
    • Seeking Voice (4)
  • Working Table (193)

Search a Topic

We’re Featured Here

Newsletter Sign Up

* indicates required
Email Format

Receive Posts by Email

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Log In

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

About Tina

About Laura

Search

Our Conversation Topics

All content is copyright Laura Gaffke & Tina Hirsig 2018
Angie Makes Feminine WordPress Themes