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We paint together. Ours is a total collaboration. We paint hand over hand on the same painting at the same time. All our work is created in this way. Our art-making process is concerned with our journey; a collaborative, mutual response to nature at its most primitive and wild. The majority of our art is conducted in diverse and remote environments both on land and in the sea. We paint on location and in close proximity to animals, which are often endangered, because they are still here. They are our primary subject matter. Where possible we use natural pigments and materials. In this way the wild is our studio. The painting is primarily about representation and symbolism. Whether we place the "animal as icon", singular, primitive and large upon the paper or paint the landscape, heard, migration, or movements of the predatory pack we attempt to integrate clarity and ambiguity in the same painting. Conceptually we aim to raise awareness and an understanding of our subject matter. When possible we incorporate the track, print, spoor or bite of the animal in our work, documenting the habitat or the passing of a creature that is here now but may not be for much longer. This interaction can be viewed as evidence to an event, a form of primal investigation; a physical performance of the senses. We show our painting and drawing in installation alongside photographs and film to communicate and document the art making, and our subsequent interaction with nature, as an ongoing process. "All primitive expression reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces, the immediate presence of terror and fear, a recognition and acceptance of the brutality of the natural world as well as the eternal insecurity of life." |
