RIDGEFIELD, CT.- Kate Eric is a decade-old collaborative identity comprised of Kate Tedman and Eric Siemens, who methodically take turns as they capture interactions in layers of paint on large scale canvases. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum mounted the artists’ first museum exhibition on view through December 31, 2011. The small survey spans their early work, where the human figure was somewhat present, to the latest, which is quite devoid of human life. The married couple alternate between homes in Italy and San Francisco, observing the interactions that take place around them. Kate Eric explains, “We enjoy looking at exchanges of any sort, whether it be carbon and hydrogen, a new idea and a preconceived notion, or a cartoon elephant and a mouse. It is the commonality in these interactions that fascinates us. Simply put, we take turns. The painting builds up layers as we go along. There are often fifty