Collaborating with Madelyn...

Here's something I'm working on with my daughter, Madelyn.  A couple of years ago Madelyn was working with me at MiCA in O'Bryonville and she was bored out of her mind.  To keep her busy I had her make some drawings.  She saw customers buying shop items and asked if she could hang up her drawings for sale.  I told her she could and she created a little gallery. She taped some of the drawings to the wall and sat others on the rungs of a little step ladder.  She asked between 5 and 25 cents a drawing and she sold 7 of them.  Flushed with her success, she asked if she could do that every week.  I thought that was a bit much and told her we'd come up with some way to create some artwork together and maybe we could sell it through the store.  So this is a first attempt.  My photos mounted on a block of wood, Madelyn's people faces drawn on top, and encaustic medium.  Madelyn's faces are such a surprise against the quiet photos.  I love the randomness of the faces on the photographs.  We have a way to go - I will put up more pictures as these progress, but I'm a fan of all collaborations between artist parents and their creative kids.  Take a look at some of the stationery designs by "Binth".  My favorites of their offerings are also mother/child collaborations.