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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 Page 99 and Painting for Architectured Water (2008), are relatively liberal in their use of color, many of those on the same subject created in 2011 as part of the Aspects of Identity series incorporate very bold shades of just one or two colors ��� usually with some variation of blue ��� though some pieces were composed monochromatically. In an interview with The Sarasota News Leader during the reception, Mickett talked about how water can be seen as a metaphor for a joint creation of people who might otherwise consider themselves to be rigid producers. When collaboration occurs, Mickett said, ���We find out that we���re much more like water that changes and moves all of the time, and that���s affected by many things. We���re a combination Stackhouse commented on this aesthetic shift during the artists��� presentation at the recep- of things,��� she continued, ���so in that way our tion: ���Our way of working sort of evolved over identity is influenced by lots of people.��� a period of time, and we came through this Later, during the artists��� presentation, Mickett through different ways of doing things,��� he explained how the moon relates to this consaid. ���You can see how we kind of saturate cept as well: ���The moon is something that you color in a way,��� he continued. ���When we de- see because of the light of the sun,��� she said. cide we���re going to do blue, we do blue and ���And the moon���s always been something that���s there���s nothing else involved in it.��� been identified with women. That, I have to In works produced this year ��� when the fo- say, always bugged me,��� she continued. ���But cus shifted from water to the moon ��� the con- then I realized that, really, the way we see the servative use of color is even more apparent. sunlight is through the moon.��� Many pieces, such as Third Moon and Fourth She added that this point of view helps to balMoon, incorporate shades of white. ance out the metaphor. ���If you noticed, the moon isn���t very detailed,��� Stackhouse said of those works. ���And we purposely chose not to detail the moon. What we���re trying to do is to see the moon as the naked eye sees it, possibly during the day.��� ���It���s really about collaboration,��� she said. ���All of us trade off on being a moon and a sun, and in collaboration it���s very much like that. We reflect each other and the way we are in the world as a result of how we each reflect each other and the communities we live in,��� she continued. ���So, the moon���s become this very important icon for us about collaboration and just about being in the world.��� Even a piece that does not directly address the moon, such as last year���s acrylic painting Chrysanthemum ��� which portrays a largescale sculpture produced by the artists ��� employs a similar color scheme: variations of an AUDIENCE DISCUSSION off-white hue. COLLABORATION AND CONCEPTS After their presentation, the artists welcomed a more casual Q-&-A session, with members Mickett and Stackhouse explained that the in- of the audience asking about specific pieces spiration for the pieces in Tidal Works came and experiences the artists have had togethfrom their shared fascination with the subject er. Many audience members expressed an admatter as well as from the collaborative pro- miration for the artists��� collaborative process cess itself. and an appreciation of the resulting work.