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
Words and images have been working in collaboration since the beginning of time with the Egyptian hieroglyphs, to the illuminated manuscripts of the middle ages, to today’s clever creations with computer software programs. We have been curious about using words in our artwork for some time and decided that our Vision/ReVision project would be an… Read More
Receiving something like this in the mail has always been a thrill for us. This is how our correspondence and collaborative art began back in 2006. All our work since: the squared postcard, collaborative book, Vision/ReVision, and Two Artists One Surface project have all stemmed from this enjoyment of a gift in our mailbox and… Read More
Laura and I have been sorting through our Vision/ReVision project for the last fifteen months for some of the most successful ones. Do you remember any that you felt really spoke to our intentions with this project? Here is our description of the project and why we are still inspired to keep creating them…. Laura… Read More
The Vision/ReVision project started in 2010 when we began our website. We designed this project to keep in regular contact about our studio work and it continues today with over 200 pieces of art created. The “Vision” is a photograph documenting what is inspiring us. The “ReVision” is a mixed media piece of art responding… Read More
Laura and Tina will be starting a new collaborative project. Mondays we will post a photograph in this blog to one another under the Category of Vision/ReVision. During the week in our studios we will create an original piece of art inspired by these photos, which will be posted in this blog on that following… Read More
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
Hello Friends, As we mentioned in a recent letter we have been a little quiet here on the blog. In addition to taking some time to focus on our individual art practices, we have spent the past few months re-reading this blog from the beginning. Good grief, there is a lot here! Reading the tentative beginnings… Read More
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/218064865″ params=”auto_play=true&color=00acd6″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] “Beauty isn’t all about just nice, loveliness. Beauty is about more rounded substantial becoming. So I think beauty in that sense is about an emerging fullness, a greater sense of grace and elegance, a deeper sense of depth, and also a kind of homecoming for the enriched memory… Read More
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
Dear Laura, Several weeks back I began my ReVision by using printmaking as my answer to your Vision. However, once I printed it I didn’t like it. It seemed too simple for the ideas I was thinking about. In this photo above you can see my drawings underneath the printing plate, which is how I started… Read More
Dear Laura and Friends, In my last post I posed the question about our Vision/ReVision project changing it’s format to follow a line of inspiration I have been following. I wondered if you felt the same way and after our phone conversation we have whole-heartedly agreed that it is time to bust out of the small… Read More
Dear Laura, Ahhh, summer. This is my favorite time of year in the garden and at the local farmer’s markets. A good friend of mine grew these tomatoes. He researches and tends to them in a way that I admire. Many of these are heirloom tomatoes such as the Cherokee Purple (the large one in the… Read More
Hello Sweet T, How are you? I wanted to share our intentions from our last “wish ceremony.” It was so late when we wrote them on your last night in CT and I remember us being so silly and tired from all our adventures. It is always fun thinking about our wishes and then lighting them on fire and watching… Read More
“To me, that’s the end always—to live on paper what we’re living in our hearts & heads” – Anita Pollitzer Books Jon Kabat Zinn Wherever You Go There You Are (meditation) Laura and Tina’s Notes: PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE Gloria Steinem My Life on the Road (community action) Tina and Laura’s Notes: PART… Read More
Dear Laura, I am so thrilled to have this work complete and in the mail to you. I can’t wait to see how this collaboration comes together. It is the beginning of so much more to come and I know that documenting it now will make future work that much more rich and full. I… Read More
Hello Sweet T, How are you? All set for Christmas? I spent most of yesterday and last night getting my shopping done. I was WAY behind this year! After the Open Studio I got busy catching up on holiday stuff at home and fulfilling orders for my shop. I just sold TWO original paintings as… Read More
Dear Friends, This is an exciting time for artists. Let us tell you why. WE have the power to sell our art work independent of the gallery by using the power of the internet. Now, we don’t mean to speak in a negative way about galleries because they have pushed our work in places… Read More
Dear Laura, This picture doesn’t relate entirely to this post. It is simply to share a fun moment. I taught my nieces and sons to flip over on the swings this summer. Swing sets are ubiquitous in our neighborhoods simply because they are fun to ride. I think we can all agree that more fun… Read More
When we started our series on Home and Script for our Vision/ReVision project we thought it made sense to start our numbering over at one. We have since decided to go back to a running total for this project and we are now at…..109! Wow! This doesn’t even count the ones we did in… Read More
Dear Laura, I have been invited to exhibit our collaborative book this Sunday at Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston SC from 2-5. I am thrilled to get this book out into the public eye because I feel it is some of our strongest work. As many of you know it took us two… Read More
Hello Sweet T (& friends)~ Acrylic paint has been my obsession for some time but I have been wanting to push myself a bit, experiment and use my mixed media muscles so I pulled out some of my thick caran d’ash crayons and colored pencils and built up a bunch of layers. I know you… Read More
Dear Tina, I loved seeing your “LOVE” sign from New Orleans! SO FUN and you know I am all about the love! I was thinking about how love can lift you up. You and our friendship lift me up in so many ways and I wanted you to know. Dragonflies are a repeated theme in my… Read More
Read about this new series HERE. Dear Tina, Your first Vision in our new series reminded me of my travels to Italy and all the architecture my eyes memorized. Everything was a feast for the visual, even the graffiti. The old buildings had such character with the layers and layers of paint. I thought of… Read More
Search “Vision/ReVision: Home” in our Archive or Conversation Topics link to see all posts. See the images and conversation for Vision 7 HERE. This is our last Vision/ReVision with the theme of “home”. We have been making work on this theme for six months and we are ready for a new challenge, but we suspect… Read More
Happy New Year! These two women in this antique photo have always set a tone for our blog and work. They have become our logo of sorts to describe our collaboration, friendship, and intention to always have fun. This past summer we recreated this photo with some of Laura’s vintage aprons. Those bathing suits were… Read More
Learn more about our Vision/ReVison Series HERE Dear Laura, I went for a walk yesterday and took pictures of the many seeds in my neighborhood. I have been thinking about how winter brings a quiet and stillness to the air. Remember your series of work you created on seed pods back in graduate school? This… Read More
Read about our Vision HERE ReVision 5: Home Hello Tina, I absolutely loved the picture you snapped of Aidan at the fair! It brought back memories of the highly anticipated Deerfield Fair that I would go to each year when I was teaching in NH. All of my students would get SO adrenalized… Read More
Dear Laura, This past weekend I took my boys to the South Carolina State Fair. It was a good ol’ country time! I snapped this picture of Aidan as he was feeling the pure joy of swinging in the air and it reminded me how fleeting childhood is. My husband and I agreed that we… Read More
