Thayer and Van Patten so intelligently capture movement, emotion, and depth in their collaborative art work. You feel as if you're sitting with the subject of the art rather than just looking at it. You can almost feel what the figure is feeling, both emotionally and in a physical sense as well. They eplain their collaborative process in a perfect little blurb on their website:
"One of our goals has always been to paint with the intention of the finished work resembling that of an individual painter. In trying to find a common inspiration with each other, we discovered that it is very difficult to define who you are to another person and explain your feelings with any kind of consistency, let alone authenticity. When you attempt to define yourself with conviction, you can easily attach yourself to an unsustainable perspective. Furthermore, as our lives are driven by self-definition, what we understand to be authentic is constantly in flux, regardless of intention. In our work, we have become interested in these ideas being personified in paint. What is the face of self-mythologizing? What is comfort? Can the counterfeit be as effective as the real thing? Or is something like comfort simply defined by how we define ourselves? These are questions that we feel are better suited to be asked with paint, rather than words."
Here are some of my favorites of their collaborative paintings:
Amazing right?
You can learn more about them and their collaborative process on their Website
You can purchase their paintings from their Etsy Shop
You can view more of their artwork on their Blogspot and Bluecanvas
What's your favorite media to create art with? Painting? Sculpture? Pen and Ink?
Thanks Samantha!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! Your art is really beautiful. I can only hope to one day create something as magnificent :)
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