April 2012 Blog Posts (355)

There she goes again that little Amy "Taking Liberties" in a very big way.  Wonderful Mail Art with the shoe strings included.  Great idea and fun to look at all day long.  Being an ex-marathon runner, the melting of the shoes brings it all home for me.  Lovely and moving.

Another little gem from Amy.  Very inspiring.  Thank you…

Drawing lessons from Carina Granlund.  Training schedule included!

So I spent the weekend doing my drawing lesson while listening to Finnish language CD’s.  So far I can draw a wavy line and say; “Do you have any Bananas?” in Finnish.  It’s a start. …

Watching my country devolve into a banana republic has made me decide to send some graphic censure to a couple of Ministers and the PM.…

1. Erni Bär, Germany, Thank you. Your use of German colors and cheap collage trashpo in your mail art is classic, love it.

2. Frieder Speck, Germany, Thank you. Love your lively drawings…

Diane, you threw me for a loop with this one!  You have to tell me where the star info came from.  It's very mysterious!  Loved it!  Thanks so much and I'll respond soon!…

Hi Carina!  What a nice surprise in the mail!  However you did the image transfer, it looks fabulous!  Love the title too!  The envelope was pretty sweet too!  Thanks so much!  One is back in the mail to you!…

Ernie, thanks for the great piece of mail.  I almost missed the hidden cards! Very cool.…

Let’s lay this blogjam to rest with the lawyerly grouping of French, James & Granlund. Apparently Austin James has a secret life. But have no fear. His piece “Mood No. 6: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult,” is definitely drawn from the gentler side of the Thrill Killers. Isadora Duncan is what comes to mind. Thank you, Austin.

Next Carina Granlund sent me…

Lilian sent a beautiful watercolor of a peacock!  Thank you Lilian for a lovely piece!…

Thank you Niklas for the great piece of mail art.

Hi, i am a new member early this month and have my first few mail art pieces to send!  One will be going to Brazil. any takers for any of the others?

Read more about them at my blog.…

Cheryl sent this innovative Leonardo bi-ped picture, I'm honored. Her text explains everything, you get the feeling that you know L. personally.  

(Working on one of her collaborative book projects, I received a…

From Kerri Pullo, "Mail art is happiness" she wrote on the backside. True! Thank you, Kerri!

Amy Irwen sent this great piece of art, it isn't really sunny, but can't stop looking at this threedimensional yellow spot. Wonderful, Amy, thank you!…

The Cheryl Penn Dilemma What are we to do with Cheryl Penn? Her art, always masterful, always protean (look it up, I did) always dreamlike in its complexity or complex in its dreamworld evocations. Shifting beneath your feet as you reach out to its varied meanings and tangled up in the dreamworlds of others, mingling at some height high above the earth. The Penn-o-sphere. The air up there is rarified (Esoterically distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people) but not hard…

My mail art for Skull Appreciation Day...…