Yes we both paint, a mother-daughter collaboration

These works are painted exchanges between Joyce Garner and Angie Reed Garner, a mother and a
daughter. They are conversations conducted in images. Each canvas passed from easel to easel,
studio to studio.

down the rabbit hole/hi mom from Paris
60" x 48"
oil on canvas

Apart from some preliminary discussions concerning scale and the shape of the canvases to be used,
the work proceeded without any plan.

in the beginning/out of the picture
60" x 48"
oil on canvas

The paintings developed organically with shifts in mood and direction, in the way that conversations often do.

first cone/where art comes from
60" x 48"
oil on canvas

passing it on/tree of life
60" x 48"
oil on canvas

It was most often Joyce who spoke first. She launched each dialogue with a loose
expansive underpainting, which set the stage for the dialogue to follow.

my house suits me/up and in and up
60" x 48"
oil on canvas

At least within the context of the project, Angie Reed always had the last word.

Holidays/look mom no hands
60" x 48"
oil on canvas

Most of the paintings went through three rounds of exchange.

New Year/eternal return
60" x 144"
oil on canvas

Angie Reed and Joyce

The exception is the multi-panel quilt-like piece, patching / pieced (not shown). In this each
artist was responsible for ten squares, ultimately patched together.
Angie Reed's were painted first, and then Joyce made her response.

Financial support for this project came from The Kentucky Foundation for Women (2000)
which helped spur us into action in spite of Angie Reed's then-imminent departure for
Germany. We would like to thank them for their generosity and belief in the project.