July 2011 Blog Posts (300)

G, your envelope arrived after a week of nothing but corporate USA. (water, gas and electric, etc.) There it was in all its glory. the creature on the right looking straight at me. Thank you Guido. 

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elegance with a bite.

Opening Thom's envelope was a bit like opening a CARE package, filled with uplifting and unexpected things.  First, there was Thom's envelope itself, painted beautifully in watercolor:

It's lovelier in person because my Mac Image Capture does a rotten job with orange.  The starfish's markings are more a burnt orange on top with lighter and brighter orange underneath. …

Which is too bad cuz I've been writing haiku about the undead for centuries. these photographs are terrific:

I especially like this…

One of Guido’s beautiful envelopes arrived on a grey day.  It was relatively intact – I KNOW the tears and smears and missing bits are part of mail art, but MAN! I just HAVE to get used to that.  We’ve got things with teeth here in the mail boxes, that’s the problem… - The title - "Standing Out in A Crowd"

The colors, the composition, the gloss paint reflecting its…

this is great, I love getting back to my real life and figuring out my shit.   I've been painting abstracts all day.  Mostly been collaging and cartooning lately so it's good to paint some canvases finally since my absurd show at M's is getting stale.

I've been living by myself for about two months now and it has helped me discover the surfaces of my identity which I…

Yes, this delightful piece was created by Alicia using scraps from her desk that she "couldn't quite throw away."  We have had a back-and-forth about how we keep our desks, and I understand exactly what she means.  You have a unique and elegant style, Alicia, even when working with the very few pieces you couldn't bring yourself to throw away.  I love this and also treasure…

Sent to Stavros Atom Heart musician, this ArtWork will be for the upcoming split record between ELYSIUM+OBSCURA (Usa) & ST. ATOM HRT605 (Greece) music projects.…

Say that a bunch of times fast and you begin to wonder if there's a subliminal message in there somewhere!

This piece is the first work that has come to me from newish IUOMA member Nancy Bell Scott. It kind of shocked me in its wonderfulness -- not that I wasn't expecting great art!  Unfortunately you can't tell in my poorly taken photograph, but the streaks of paint are…

LADY GAGA C'EST MOI

comment : gustave flaubert use to say Mme Bovary c'est moi

Thanks Superhero! …

I get two letters from Superhero in  two days, the asemic and a second letter with some of his photos and one work  showing a new aspect of his work. Thank you very much superhero.