Stranger Worth is a collaboration between painters, Pamela Holmes and Patrick Gourley. Ivy Stranger and Ernst Worth stand as alter egos of Holmes/ Gourley. This stance aids the artists to step outside their own artistic habits, likes and dislikes. ISEW is their signature.

Our Artist Statement
Mar 18, 2024
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in Writing
A collision of natures. When tied together,
we act as one; that one is only distinguished by being together.
We come together, we make the decision to subvert our personal perceptions and transfer our awareness of shared consciousness made available by collaborative effort. We are both secure that neither of us could have made these paintings alone. We access unfamiliar realities more than we would as solo artists. To describe this state of collaboration, we have created the word EACHIN.
Eachin must challenge identity, remove personal reference points, and disrupt human centered logic.



Eachin embraces the imagination.
Eachin throws out possibilities forever.
Eachin is abundant.
Eachin is a record of two bodies in movement.
Eachin asks what the universe wants.

Eachin steps away from the personal and opens up to the collective.
Eachin does not need translation.
Eachin has no room for resistance.
Eachin is playful.
Eachin is Intimate.
Eachin embraces and encourages the random, the flukes, and the unexpected.
Eachin carries no suitcases.

Eachin attempts to think like a network rather than an individual, removing the need for self identification. We must unlearn linear individualistic thinking, instead adopt the behavior of systems that already function collectively.