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Sep242019Sep 24 2019
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The Collective: Laura’s watercolor feather painting

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Connections Dear Tina, I loved the feather you drew for the Collective and the beautiful connections you made to our work in your last letter. I agree, since our first meeting all of those years ago we have been on quite a journey, exploring the connections we feel to the greater universe. We’ve certainly had… Read More

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May222019Jul 23 2019
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The Collective: Laura’s Personal Symbols

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Energy Dear Tina, My latest piece for the Collective poured out of me, yet somehow I needed a little time to process what I wanted to say about it. My thoughts feel rich, deep and expansive right now so I hope what I’m writing makes sense. I’m very interested in the energy and consciousness you… Read More

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Mar242019Mar 24 2019
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The Collective: Tina’s Gold Circle

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

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 to be traveling with you to see and discuss art. I have some big ideas coming your way about our work. I have been reading the Yoga… Read More

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Jan312019Jul 23 2019
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The Collective : Laura’s Circle of Feathers & Wholeness

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

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 are simply trying to find wholeness and figure out where we fit in this big, expansive world. I’ve been thinking about Mary Oliver’s recent passing… Read More

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Nov182018Jul 23 2019
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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

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May282018May 28 2018
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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

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Apr52018
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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

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Jan222018Jan 23 2018
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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

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Oct262017Oct 26 2017
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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

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Oct32017
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The Collective Review: Summer 2017

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

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 working on this for two years and have collected over 25 pieces of art between the two of us.  For details on specific art pieces,… Read More

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Aug172017
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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

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Jun82017Jun 11 2017
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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

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May72017Jun 11 2017
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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

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Apr272017
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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

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Oct272015Nov 1 2015
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ReVision 120: Magnolia Tree Assemblage

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

Dear Laura, I have finally finished the ReVision 120 in response to your Vision 120.  I got sidetracked by summer travel and beginning a new teaching year.  However….I have followed through and made a piece that is getting back to my assemblage and found object work. I started by photographing the magnolia tree in my… Read More

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Aug172015Nov 1 2015
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Incubating ideas and transforming the studio

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

Dear Tina, I appreciated the video on creativity you shared in your last letter. It reminded me to “trust the process” and allow the uncertainty that comes with the creative process.  I was feeling overwhelmed with all the wonderful things we had seen and done on our recent trip to D.C. (much like our NYC trips). Ideas have been pouring in but… Read More

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Jun122015Jun 15 2015
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How can you resist?

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

Hello Sweet T, How are you? I am doing well. This week at my Art Salon I got a well needed pep talk/reminder about that evil little word called resistance. I realized once again that my perfectionism (another form of resistance) has been slowing me down and keeping me from moving forward in many areas of my life. I… Read More

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Mar232015May 6 2015
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Tina’s ReVision 119 Complete: Quiet Snow Drift

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

Dear Laura, Spring has finally arrived here, but while I was creating this piece for you it was cold and cloudy.  This helped me feel your Vision inspiration. I wanted this piece to be a quiet one.  I was inspired by your snow drift photographs that I mentioned in my earlier post about the process… Read More

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Mar112015May 28 2015
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Travel, Trust & Intuition: Laura’s ReVision 119

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Dear Tina, It was so wonderful to see the bright and cheery camellia flower from your garden! I love that you planted it for Aidan when he was born. I have many flowers in my garden that were given to me from special people in my life and I always think of them when they bloom.… Read More

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Feb132015Feb 14 2015
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Do you need a little LOVe?

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

Hello Sweet T & friends, How are you? I am doing okay. I spent yesterday afternoon in the studio working on a series of cards. I painted old book pages to loosen up and experiment with the new neon pink & magenta paints I am currently obsessed with right now, I then used it to create the… Read More

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Feb112015Mar 5 2015
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Working Table (laura): Awakening to Winter’s Rhythm

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

Dear Tina, Everything is covered in sparkly white up here. We had a big snowstorm which made everything magical. I am learning to welcome winter’s rhythm although I would take a beach day over the snow anytime. Things slow down around here and people don’t seem to go out as much. Do you remember those… Read More

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Feb82015
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Working Table: Tina’s Series on Women

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

Dear Laura, This drawing will become the fourth in a series of assemblage mixed media works I started last summer, two of which are on exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre starting February 20. Here is more information and images of the work below (one of which belongs to you – thanks for getting it to the show!).  I am… Read More

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Jan292015Jan 30 2015
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Mind Mapping on the “Working Table”

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

Dear Laura, I haven’t written a ‘working table’ post in awhile, but that is a part of what I will be doing more of this year.  I have spent the last six weeks reading and researching with some moments of drawing in between.  I needed some room to think for awhile to decide which direction… Read More

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Dec92014Dec 11 2014
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Open Studio 2014: behind the scenes sneak peek

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

Hello Sweet T, How are you? I started to write you a whole slew of times but when I finally sat down to finish my thoughts, they were a jumble, sending me off in too many directions (hard to believe I know! ha!). Too much going on in this head of mine so I will… Read More

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Nov52014
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How lighting pumpkins lit me up: creativity, laughter & love

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

  Dear Tina, What a struggle you had packaging that artwork! You totally cracked me up and I appreciate your willingness to share the not so fun part of a studio practice. Having had similar issues with shipping I have been shying away from far away exhibitions. Often the shipping costs more than the artwork… Read More

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Oct292014
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So That Happened….Shipping Art

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Dear Laura, Yes, this paint bottle exploded twelve inches from the art I am supposed to ship this week. Fortunately, only a few dots of black got on it (I just left it since it was so small).  However, it did take me much of the morning to scrub my floor from the wide reaching… Read More

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Oct262014
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“The Vital Obstacles in the Creative Process” by Parker Palmer

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Dear Laura, I have been appreciating the thoughtful state you have been in since your brother passed. The death of someone we love makes us sit back and wonder what living this life is for. You have always been very helpful to me by listening and helping me talk through this, because I often ask… Read More

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Oct242014May 29 2015
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my best Self & being a rotten meditator

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Dear Tina, How are you? I am slowly finding my way back to a routine. Yesterday morning I picked a book off my bookshelf by SARK called, “Change Your Life Without Getting out of Bed.” I  like this idea. Within the first few pages she wrote about her friend Rebecca Latimer, author of “You’re Not… Read More

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Oct182014Oct 18 2014
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grace & being the best version of myself

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Dear Tina, I want to thank you for the beautiful picture you posted remembering my brother John. I have not been myself since he passed last week. Waves of emotions overcome me and I don’t know how to “be”. So much of how I define myself is through positive thought and optimism and I don’t… Read More

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Oct42014Jan 12 2015
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ReVision 118 (laura): poppies, pods & sketches

by Laura&Tina, in category Working Table

Dear Tina, I have been thinking about your metaphor for seeds and future growth for Vision 118. It made me feel good that you think of me with a sense of optimism and hope. These poppy pods hold hope for beautiful blooms come spring. They were filled with the tiniest, little seeds that nearly blew away… Read More

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