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The second in a series of charcoal drawings of the River Kennet has now been completed. I have included the shape of a fisherman in the foreground to develop the narrative element of the composition; it’s dark mass contrasting with the lighter areas of the canvas, representing the reflections in the  surface of the water. To add weight to the subject, I drew the effect…

Maybe it is just another Illusion,

but it might be heading to that USA today....

I know I showed Mail heArt from Katerina in an earlier post, however this arrived before the Valentine.

In response to her triangle upside down airmail mail, Katerina sent me this. Really great stamp.

Sneak preview of the contents through…

February 28, 2015 - Alicia Starr is exceptionally kind, generous and thoughtful. She sent me a copy of the Challenging Rectangles catalog that was available at a very popular Ray Johnson exhibit in New…

trashpo sent to Diane 

borrowed image from her FB post

Keroyon frong doll, Japanese snack package, postcard and tea bag...…

Spontaneously sent, beautifully drawn envelope from Greg Carter.

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Check out Angelica's collage - she has been doing this a long time, and it shows.  I look forward to more mail exchanges, and maybe I can sharpen my collage habits!

Wonderful drawing on the postcard size and add/return.…

From Tuckerland, thanks!

Mail-art by IUOMA member C. Mehrl Bennett (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

February 27, 2015 - Somewhere along the meandering and dusty trail between Infinity and Columbus, John M. Bennett coined the term “fork lint,” which captured the…

Andy Warhol Style:

Thank you,…

Sent from India. Thank you, XX jones!

FinnBadger:

Dan Mouer:…

A vintage-looking hand made and decorated envelope from Nina in the Netherlands - my first Duthc mail art!



Interesting stamp, with its origami outlines. It is one of a set of 6 issued in 2014 that celebrates Dutch-Japanese relations, and is part of an ongoing series 'The Netherlands and beyond'. Nice article about this set here.

Philipp was a physician and botanist,…

We woke up to more of a winter wonderland today. Full stop! We go no where, there's no where to go. Crazy southern city doesn't handle snow well, but I'm

okay with that, as I have a cold.

The fun thing - I received some winter poems from L. Hensley last week, in a tiny envelope, stamp placement out of the usual, uncancelled, so I have no clue when these…

MomKat sent me a ton of love from Thessaloniki - thanks!

Even the stamp has a hot pink background.

I also like the 'phi' on the date stamp for Phebruary :)…

I have created a Flickr album of selections from my outgoing mail art over the pasty ear or so, for anyone who is interested in perusing.

Outgoing Mail Art Selections