April 2012 Blog Posts (355)

The Simon Warren Bird sighting in a flowering quince tree.

This is not an ancient runic symbol. Can you guess what this is????

The abstract figures by Claudia are intriguing, fun, whimsical, and I enjoy them immensely. This one arrived on a large painted and folded work, all shown below: 

Thank you very much, Claudia…

Cheryl Penn gave Marie's entire series the thorough blog that it deserves, and here is one that I was thrilled to receive: 

Just beautiful, Marie, from a brilliant series. Thank you so much!

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What do you think it is? 

He wrote that it is a bat and asked if I could find it. I had to admit I see only pieces of bat, and he has left me to ponder the secret of this piece, as he is wont to do. Very beautiful envelope, too, which Frieder is famous for: …

These are so late to blogging, as I got behind (again), that we have seen them several times now, and in better shape than my scanner sometimes handles art. But I loved receiving this POSITIVE yes envelope from Carina and the intriguing enclosure: 

(Scanner freaks out at transparent neon, darn it.) Thank you very much, Carina!

Theresa's poignant "small things"…

This piece was a thrill to find in the envelope--colors, text, use of paint, all aspects of Diane's work that I love: 

There are some DKult lessons in the beauteous trashbook below, including topics such as cooperation, courtesy, all the things in which I'm terribly deficient, so it's great that Diane sent this to me:…

Jill was new and I fear we've lost her already. :--{   Thank you for these, Jill, and I hope you come…

This is a most appealing collage, tpurk, thank you--and from another member hailing from Seattle!

Lynn writes that she is fond of repurposing the beautiful packaging from consumer goods, and this piece includes "Tim Holtz and the art from a reproduction ad calendar." This is very nice, thanks so much, Lynn ~

Bongiani Ophen Art Museum

 MUSEO VIRTUALE DI ARTE CONTEMPORANEA

45 sale per una Collezione Virtuale No-Profit di Arte Contemporanea

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Katerina sent me some Greek trash cans to add to my wonderful German collection, and I'm very grateful. Guess what, some are blue! :

And more beautiful cards from our prolific Greek friend:…

Gotta LOVE Mondays! The mail box is always full of beautiful treasures.

"BLUE" from Guido! Perhaps I have started a new craze???? It is fantastic: BLUE ZALOP!

and also the black and white art inside! Thank you, Guido! "Born"? "Bore"? "Borne"?…

I love this piece...there is a lot of flow and movement...thank you Guido....

I am always one to deeply appreciate "BLUE" mail art!

Vizma sent a most woooonderful and intersesting "blue" mail art! Thank you, girl, for the eye candy xxx

Aussie beef! Definitely enjoying this! A very nice message…

Bongiani Ophen Art Museum

 MUSEO VIRTUALE DI ARTE CONTEMPORANEA

45 sale per una Collezione Virtuale No-Profit di Arte Contemporanea

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I received this gorgeous vispo from Fancy Bell. This is a series of 4 and this is entitled:  Brain Operations  My brain on:  lack of meditation. At first glance I thought it said lack of mediation.  Really excellent and evocative piece.  It makes me think of being bombarded by news media and advertising and the brain trying to filter it all out and still maintain ones own…

I had a very long, very crappy day of training yesterday.  By the time I got home I was simply "over it" but when I checked my mail my whole day changed. Nothing makes you feel more special than homemade birthday mail from friends around the world! My birthday is not until tuesday but I can already tell it will be a good one :)  Thank-you both so much, you two made my day!!! xoxo

This from Sarak in the UK.  Just realized it's not a good scan...3D doesn't do so well on my scanner, not…

Arttower and his cutie pie robots, I especially like the peak around bot on the back.  Thanks for sending me one of these Arttower :)

Carina sends a message saying "When things get complicated REMEMBER YOU are a mailartist!" I'll…

In the most JOYOUS OF WAYS possible, Katerina Nikoltsou of Thessaloniki fame has let the tide of BLUE PAINT flood the postal systems around the world and the happy mailboxes of IUOMA members.  My face crinkles in a wider smile every time a see one of her white and blue-edge stiped envelopes in the mail box, and her trademark "BLUE" and "MAIL" and "ART" carved rubber stamps proudly announcing the theme of the envelopes' contents (all with their own variations: "Zalop"; Trashpo"; etc.).  I can…