Richard Canard

Male

Carbondale, Illinois

United States Minor Outlying Islands

Profile Information:

Mail-Artist since:
Early 60's
My Website (without http://):
http://none
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
Initially pure folly. Nowadays I visit the IUOMA practically everyday as if it were a part of the oatmeal routine.
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
409 South Emerald Lane - Carbondale, Illusion-62901-2140 U.S.A. ......... richardmutt@inbox.com

Comment Wall:

  • Ruud Janssen

    Welcome Richard!

    Mar 20, 2011

  • Karen Champlin

    Mar 20, 2011

  • Ruud Janssen

    Well Richard, Thanks for joining in. Even when it is just to see the state of being (he is actually also arround here somewhere. I too owe a lot of people a reply, but mostly send just out to who I want and randomly. That fits my networking better than just trying to answer all (which I can't manage).

    Mar 20, 2011

  • Cassandra Gallagher

    Richard, thank you ten fold for the lovely postcard you sent. It's simplicity speaks volumes and I'm glad you used my favorite quote too. I will be glad to send something special in return. Until then, all best.

    Apr 23, 2013

  • Susan McAllister

    Thanks for the delightful card. To me it looked like a fish eating a big mouthful of spaghetti. I am pleased to have inspired you.

    Oct 22, 2014

  • Shab Levy

    Dear Mr. Canard,

    I know Karen from an art-book group that we belonged to and I am sure that she wasn't commenting on your creativity or quality of work, rather as a general remark. Please let me know where I can see some of your creations on the web.

    Shab Levy

    Nov 15, 2014

  • Richard Canard

    16.11.14 Dare Mister Shab Levy, ...& thanks for your response... & again I repeat: I have never sent anything to Ms. Koshgarian  & as you say, it was "a general remark"...which of course was my point....(I placed myself right in the meddling middle).Please understand that there are no problems here as far as I'm concerned...I am naught but a clown  & seriously interested in bad jokes  & "shabby" art. I did manage to check out your website, however ( & what a stark contrast  we are). You sir, are obviously a disciplined, technically skilled  & accomplished artist. I also enjoyed viewing your comprehensive visual Art History Section (a few new inserts for me but was also surprised not to see any reference to Joseph Cornell or Ray Johnson...(but then, you did make it clear that it was incomplete). & as far as your viewing my own so-called "creations" on the web are concerned-- I must confess that  I can barely use the electronic mouse & have no website....but most artists & quasi-serious mail artists can usually be found fairly easily. Sinsneerly, Richard Canard    

    Nov 16, 2014

  • jon foster

    Richard...I came into a box of mail-art from the Winston Salem show in 1979. Can you give me any information about this show, or point me in the right direction? My goal is to share all of the art and I want a little backstory to go along with it. Thanks guy!

    Oct 15, 2015

  • Claire (aka Cleo)

    Hey Richard, "Friend" me! Please!!! (I wanna message ya...)

    Dec 6, 2015

  • Ruud Janssen

    Dear Richard C.  When I post a letter and there isn't enough postage on it, I get a message from the postal office and can actually see the proof: a scan of the letter. When they are right, I have to pay the postage due. In mail-art cases sometimes the computer is wrong, ans the scan proves the postage was correct. So the digitizing of our mail-art in the Netherlands is already done and I do get glances of it now and then. The postal office just loves to scan our mail and see if we pay the fee......

    Dec 7, 2015

  • Lucky Pierre

    Coyote is a legendary trickster, n'est-ce pas?

    Jan 28, 2016

  • Toni Hanner -- tonipoet

    Yippee! I got home from vacation and found two postcards from you! Poems and trash--hurray!!! I will get something back to you soonly!

    Jul 26, 2016