“Trojan Horse”, acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 24″a painting in the Four Hands Painting Collaboration
by Susan Cornelis and Suzanne Edminster
What do you do when you finish a painting? You sign it of course. And what do you do when you finish a four-hands painting like the one above? You co-sign it. Two signatures, both beginning with S. One painting with two artistic energies coming together, colliding, ricocheting off each other, landing on common themes, and finally on a name. “Trojan Horse”. This is one of a whole collection of new collaborative paintings which will be shown starting March 1st at the Phantom IV Gallery in Windsor.
Last night Suzanne and I signed all the new paintings, passing the pen back and forth between us. It felt like a Declaration of Collaboration, a not so solemn ritual of transition in preparation for releasing our collaboration into the public sphere.
Please put March 10 on your calendar to join us at the opening of the show, 4:30-7:30pm at 9077 Windsor Rd. at the Windsor Town Green in CA. and visit the other galleries which will be open for the 2nd Sat. Art Walk. To see more of our paintings visit Suzanne’s blog.