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This original painted canvass postcard arrived safely in Greece before the New Year.

It has wonderful texture, and deep, dark colors...a touch of BLUE, too...…

Oho! Here he is...a Ray Johnson Bunny on a T-shirt!

And Edmund Hippo was more than happy to "wear" it :-)

A bit too big for Edmund, but perfect fit for MomKat. Thanks, Jon!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

January 5, 2014 - Erica Durante in New Jersey has been a consistent correspondent. I am proud to post her first piece for 2015. Although it is dated 2014, it…

Received this wonderful Gelli Print from Terry today...just lovely...

Thank you so much Terry!!!

Yes we are still celebrating the Holidays in Greece, 'tis the Eve of the Epiphany tonight,

the Tree is still all lit up, and now there are "Suus Snowflakes" on it! THREE!…

Always beautifully calligraphic on the envelope,

Richard created a nice RED Xmas Tree and sent

this tiny, lovely, little card ( 6 x 7 cm):…

Great card from Chuck Welch with his piece at MOMA exhibit:

We all remember Crackerjack, don't we?

Now on mugs…

This arrived with the last mail delivery of the old year

'Gotta love the stamps and stampings on the envelope:…

A larger than A4 envelope arrived at the end of the old year,

full of great postage from Positively Postal: Royal Mail!

and it had this fun collage created by  Scott:…

...not really, although they did come through the mail slot.

Minneapolis Gnome used a homemade envelope I sent him as a template for this beauty.

The Gnome Post artistamps are fantastic. Here's the bonus one from the back.…

Now we may have seen this card: David relaxing with Xmas tree near-by,

and this Big Fish comes to say hello! Fun!

It put a smile on my face!…

Here was a nice card in the mail box...red painted plus Native American stamp,

and grass hopper...opa!…

Seasonal's Greeting. New blog here ->

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Redgreene (Oakland, California, USA)

January 4, 2015 - I am not ready to declare officially a West Coast Mail-Art Renaissance (perhaps the Oakland Renaissance?), but I am thrilled – on the…

...to the following mail artists (I hope I haven't forgotten anyone)

It feels like I'm giving a new years list of honours! Mail art very gratefully received and I will get to work play soon.

The final version of The River.

There were a number of challenges with this piece including dilemmas surrounding negative space, compositional strength and decisive shapes. However, these were offset by the use atmosphere and narrative.

The Album,…

Investigative drawing has begun for a new composition, based on The River. It will be a charcoal drawing of a fisherman on the banks of the River Kennet. I will create the atmosphere of a cathedral from the overhanging greenery of the trees on the banks, which will be reflected in the water of the river. The figure of a fisherman will be back lit so that a halo of light…

This drawing took three two hour sessions to complete, three times longer than my usual projects. The results are stunning. I have finally achieved a drawing that works like a painting. I used tone to express the relationships between shapes. Darker tones draw the viewer into the painting and utilise the rules of perspective. Mid-tones were used to create atmosphere and…

 got a lot done before breakfast to day . . . maybe i will skip breakfast and go straight to lunch . . . .…

More holiday mail art, and I'm lovin' it!

Stamped evergreens on the envelope...

and on this lovely card:

Thank…