Blood From a Stone , Beeswax , ink , photo , thread on paper , 26 x 37 inches , 2015
Collaboration is both exciting and challenging . One must trust the other artist to have something valuable to add to one ’ s vision . This is no easy task . Artists have a notoriously difficult time relinquishing control of their creative vision and process , so this trust is absolutely essential . The exciting part of working together is the innovation that happens . We were ready for the great personal challenge of allowing someone else ’ s opinion or choice to take precedence . It is how the world actually works . An additional challenge that we experienced while collaborating is the fact that we live a couple thousand miles apart .
Landscape is a site of contemporary cultural anxiety . We realize that our landscapes matter for our survival as a species - environmental problems can literally destroy our world . We suffer from anxieties as a result of not spending time outside : “ Nature Deficit Disorder ” is a phrase coined by the writer Richard Louv . We are tapping into and reflecting back anxieties and experiences , through many lenses , rendered by hand . We continue to explore layer-by-layer , line-by-line and stitch-by-stitch what we see when we look .