From Roland Halbritter...portrait artistamps!

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

From an exhibit of Bismarck portraits,

Roland sent a card and a collection of portraits on artistamps:

Great fun to see the variety of expressions created:

Thank you, Roland!

(....and the controversial Ray Johnson stamp on the envelope:)

[Susan McAllister]

Thanks, Katerina. I can see why there was an issue.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Once upon a time, back in 2009?

Grigori Antonin made an artistamp /stamp of Ray Johnson for his mail art:

Roland Halbritter noticed the similarity to his Ray Johnson artistamp:

A heated "discussion" took place here at IUOMA...

and now both are no longer members. sigh.

What came first? The chicken or the egg??? Or both "copied"/based on this photo:

[Susan McAllister]

I forgot to say the stamps are amazing!

[Susan McAllister]

I am always out of the loop on these things. Why is the Ray stamp controversial?