The two artists began working on a series of paintings during a phase where both were unemployed with not a lot of money to spend. They started painting over old used canvases with any left over oil paint that they could find.
"We would paint at the same time but occasionally switch sides, making the painting belong to neither of us. We were painting for the sake of painting", explains Jason.
After awhile both got jobs and could afford to start painting on larger pieces. At that point they decided to try putting together a show of their collaborative automatism paintings.
Their paintings exhibit a bold use of color and express a great deal of emotion, reminiscent of the Expressionists. Jason is a Ball State graduate and is currently working several different jobs and Nick is a current Ball State student who will be teaching at Wapahani High School this fall.
The collaborative paintings will be on display from June 3-28, 2008 with an artists' reception Thursday June 5th from 5-8pm.
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