During June 2023, Andrew and John planned to work on collaborative painting as a resolution to the project and the preceding four years dialogue on colour in painting. Working on location at John's studio at Vamos, Khania, Crete works were made on Japanese papers using water based paints. Andrew used watercolour and John used gouache. Both worked on the same works at different times initiating, changing, adding, subtracting elements shapes, textures and colour. Thinking through each others process led to thinking through appraoches to painting, each reflecting on traditions, approaches, precedents and a kind of retrospective tour through each different methodology and bouncing back and forth of painting ideas, memories, knowledge and understanding. At the same time, John painted in oils on his independant works and Andrew worked in his sketchbook.
Vertical Horizons is the title of the final multi dimension piece as each paining will be attached with rice paste and suspended in columns, freely hanging and moving in any environment condition. Viewers are invited to move around and experience works from both sides experiencing the transparent aspect of some works, where the painting has literally gone right through with 100 per cent saturation, or on heavier papers, view the converse painting, different from verso.
Papers used included Iwami, Bib Tenjujo, Kizuki Tosa Kozo with Nori Rice Paste.
In the final conversation video above, Andrew and John discuss progress on the painting towards the final stages of the collaboration (3:28)
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