We are collaborative artists. Our collaboration started almost as soon as we met by just talking about ideas with each other. These conversations became essential ingredients of each other's work. As our relationship developed, we felt comfortable working on each other's painting as they progressed.

The surrealist movement and the work of the psychologist Carl Jung are major influences on our painting. Surrealism taps into what Jung called the "collective unconscious". Suspending the reality of our conscious, rational minds allows us to see the poetry in objects and hints at the mysterious connection we all have with each other. There are symbols that resonate across time and cultures. It is through metaphor that we get a glimpse of the universal and find our connection to other human beings, the world, and the eternal.

In our paintings, we aim to provoke an awareness of the mysteries of the unconscious, that rich collective well of primal symbols and experiences we all share. The paintings become the threshold between the imagination and reality, the dream and consciousness, the individual and the collective.

The real value of our collaboration comes in the more conceptual states of the artistic process; inspiration, criticism, and refinement of ideas. Inspiration comes from dreams and conversations, distilled by a combination of free associative and conscious thought into a coherent, symbolic whole.

It is art as dialogue rather than monologue, a fabric of conversation, in which we invite the viewer to participate.

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