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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 After the Q-and-A session, the News Leader spoke with audience member Charles Perret, who had not been familiar with either artist prior to the exhibit. Page 101 She imitated with a fluttering motion of her hand the trajectory of the tissue as it drifted gently in the air. ���We just burst out laughing,��� she said with a smile. ���What first attracted me was the color and In spite of the occasional conflict, the artists then the subject matter,��� he said. ���I���m very at- pointed out, they are able to collaborate betached to blue.��� cause they work in a similar manner. ���We���re both process people, so when we start somePerret added that his favorite piece was Paintthing, we aren���t fixed on what the outcome���s ing for Architectured Water, partially because going to be; we allow the process to take us he has an affinity for architecture and partly where we want to go,��� Mickett explained. because he appreciated the aesthetic and conceptual aspects of the piece. ���When you have two very strong people, we���re both right and we both like it our way,��� Mick���It really impressed me as being something ett continued. ���But we also both know that that was not only very beautiful but it had working together takes us to places we would meaning,��� he said. ���You see the color of the sea and the color of the sky. It���s sort of like not go on our own and that we make choices they combine ... and flow from one part of na- and end up doing things that are very risky ture to another and create a new reality of the but have always turned out to really pay off,��� she said. sky and the sea.��� Stackhouse then explained the practical aspects of the collaboration. ���What happens During both their presentation and the Q-&-A with our art is we mesh it,��� he said. ���We both session, Mickett and Stackhouse were open work on the drawings; we both work on the to discussing the fact that, in spite of their color; we both work on concept,��� he continued. ���I guess, technically, you could say we���re prolific output, they do run into conflicts. a team,��� he concluded. ���We get divorced every week!��� Mickett said jokingly, eliciting a lighthearted nod of agree- Mickett and Stackhouse offered no indication during the reception for Tidal Works that their ment from Stackhouse. future plans call for anything other than conThey then related an anecdote from their extinuing that collaboration. periences working in Cortona, Italy, during the early part of their collaboration. Tidal Works is on display Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Allyn ���We had some doozy Italian fights,��� StackGallup Contemporary Art, 1288 N. Palm Ave. house said. in Sarasota. Monday hours are not posted, ���I was so mad at him,��� Mickett added. ���I had but they can be obtained by calling 366a Kleenex in my hand and I threw it with all 2454. The exhibition concludes on Saturday, March 23. % of my might.��� COLLABORATION AND CONFLICTS