Tag Team Painting

I have been ever so fortunate to have my sister Karen to travel from NY to NC to help care for me while I recuperate. Even more fortunately, I am feeling much better than I had expected, which allowed us to have some fun while she was here. She wondered if we might do a little painting, and since I haven’t been in the studio in weeks, I jumped at the chance.

cutting up in the sunshine in our painting gear

I thought a low pressure way to work collaboratively and intuitively would be interesting, with no thought given to outcomes; just to enjoy the process. I did work in a couple twists along the way that I surprised her with, but she rose to each occasion with enthusiasm and a wide open mind. Growth mindset, y’all. Never stop trying new things.

It was a terrific pressure-free adventure for me too: I so often paint for a purpose that this was a welcome change.

We ended up having a great time painting and having pithy and hilarious conversations while we did, ultimately painting for about 12 hours over the course of 4 days. Here are the finished paintings:

Karen’s painting

MB’s painting

You can watch a time laspe of it here:

And listen to a short talk we had when we were finished about how we (mostly she) felt about the process, the experience, and the end result. If you have trouble differentiating our voices, well, sorry: we not only look a lot alike, but sound quite similar as well. Just remember I’m the one asking the questions 😉