April 2012 Blog Posts (355)

This needs to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. It's a delicate beauty, and I love it.

Thanks again, Laurence…

The bark is delicate and wonderfully soft (but with inner strength). To try to paint on it is most tempting. 

Lovely fashion…

The note was typed on Katerina's old Olympia Greek typewriter, and I can't remember what I did to deserve it, but did win it in some sort of contest, luckily for me. Katerina said she would translate it when blogged (couldn't remember otherwise!), so here we are. ... ? Thanks again for both,…

I'm very pleased to have these fine pieces, Eduardo--thank you again very…

Who wouldn't behave herself with a knitted gun in the room?

About the silhouetted card above, Nadine writes on the…

Sarah says "All girls need gold!" 

Thank you, Sarah--I especially need it to help me live up to my Fancy name ~

One of Susan's lively red-white-black mail arts, with whimsy and style: 

And a nice note on the back, too. Thank you very much, Susan ~

Dean makes a profound lesson in drawing back to the violent prehistoric times. It can not go wrong, everything must be built up from scratch, even in the drawing?

If you look closer, you can see Dean's careful drawings on these strange nuts that no scientist has discovered yet...…

Don´t know how you did this piece, Janine, but it looks fabulous! It seems to be lot of layering, collage and acrylic medium, the structure is great to feel. Thank you!

PS The stamp is very sweet.

Very rare DKult ATC/lottery tickets (master sheets). Circa 2009. Now re-issued by…

I MUST give so many THANKS to the following people. I hope I have not missed any one! I have just finished scanning pictures and I am getting ready to post everyone’s beautiful work! In the meantime….It has been far too long so….before I do any uploading….THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to the following for putting a smile on my face over the past few weeks!

Tallie Jones

Carina Granlund

Kimberly @ Varykino

Amy Irwen

Cristian Sima

Giuliana de…

 Claudia McGill - LOVE this, the figure, paint and texture

a hilarious card from arac! made my day…

release the birds!

30 birds have flown, 20 more need places to visit.

An Add and Pass from Angie...out the door to CZ....

this is it so far...have fun!

Sketch with us in Greece on May 27, 2012.

Here is the info from SKETBE...our Society of Artists in Northern Greece...

Join us digitally by emailing your sketch and/or if you can send it in-the-mail:

NO registered mail / NO express courier , Family event, Max: A4:

TO: SKETBE - Sketching Day

      Flemingk 10

     Thessaloniki,…

I received all these lovely pieces. 

First (above) from Lindsey Stewart - I love this! That is a real vintage photo even! When I saw lindsay's art pieces on her page here on IUOMA i couldn't hit "add friend" quick enough, and she even sent me mail art before I sent her any (I will soon!). Her pieces make me want to go scour the flea markets for vintage game…

This piece is so graceful, very poetic and light as a feather to the eyes...Thank you Kim...so delicate   *!*

Two great pieces arrived from Nadine. A wonderful small ATC "cats sing their own tune" with Nadine's great style and detail...don't ya just want to throw a shoe at the dang thing!!!

next is "Art Heals Heart and…

Sue has created a beautifully layered card on top of a paint or ink wash...Love the background..thank you Sue *!*

Two fantastic painted postcards...rich purple on black and grey...awesome visual textures...thank you Kerri *!*…