Fellow artist and friend Steve Johnson and I were accepted into the Midwestern at the Rourke Art Museum in Moorhead, MN. Steve and I collaborated on a large painting/collage called The Story of America. Steve’s extensive postage stamp collection and my 1965 Harris Stamp Map collided in a work of art. I didn’t know I could paint on a canvas at the same time as another artist, but it was a breeze to accomplish with Steve. We simply agreed on the composition and colors in advance. The rest of it came from our guts. It was a challenging piece that came together seamlessly.
Thank you, Steve. for creating this with me. I hope it is one of many collaborative paintings we create as a team. I loved rising to the challenge of trying to tell the story of our country with postage stamps and paint!