Here is how the initial painting looked on Megan Chapman's studio floor with the envelope before it made it's journey in November 2009 across the ocean.
And here it is once artist Steven Heaton received it and documented it against his awesome studio wall
A transatlantic collaboration
This paper painting is only the beginning of a collaboration between American artist Megan Chapman and English artist Steven Heaton. The two artists have been friends for over two years and admire each others work greatly and wanted a way to work together even over such a great distance.
The collaboration began as Megan painted a work on paper and sent it to Steven knowing that her work would be added to or even covered over. Steven received the piece, documented Megan's original painting, and displayed it in his studio before he worked on the piece. When Megan receives her painting back in the mail, it will have been transformed by Steven. She will start the process again as she adds a new layer to the painting and mails it back. This single sheet of 140lb Arches watercolor paper will be sent across the ocean again and again, and as the painting morphs and changes the artists will document this process here on this blog, as they share the thrill and sometimes trepidation of this collaboration.
Steven makes it his own:
Then Megan receives Steven's version of the painting and documents it. She feels some major trepidation about painting over it because she likes it so much...
Version 2 Steven Heaton January 2010
Version 3 Megan Chapman March 2010Stay tuned...
