Julian Grant's Blog (77)

Tanuki Mail has delivered a lovely piece from Marie Wintzer. I've admired her work and stamps since she started posting here and am thrilled about receiving this piece. Japanese language newspaper with translation phrase, "Does this street go to the Mitsukoshi…

ART NATION - Karen Champlin has sent me another signature piece bound in thread and full of partial images and textural detail. The continuing themes of isolation, restriction and blood abound - with the stamp "BOY" added. Who is this child? He appears happy but…

Long overdue on posting this. So sorry, Elke. Got put in a different folder. EG is an artist whose work continues to facinate me. Her assemblages and typographic desconstructions are quite enigmatic and I do recommend seeking out her posted work.…

FROM DALLAS COMES THE WONDERFUL WORK OF AUSTIN WILLIS JAMES. LOVE THE FRONT COVER MONTAGE. ASSEMBLAGE AND PHOTO DE-CONSTRUCTION IS A TECHNIQUE I ENJOY. AM MAILING OUT ORIGINAL ART PIECES IN THIS STYLE RIGHT NOW FROM MY SKETCHBOOK - OR CUT UP BOOK - …

B/W Monochrome painting from Australia. Unique fetal artwork enclosed on front cover with what appears to be skull style motifs. Bones and dark shadows throughout - at least that's what I see. A unique and clever piece of…

This has been my week for delicious MA packages. Detailed as below:

Envelope - Heavily stamped and altered international envelope complete with paint additions and Fluxus Stamps, IUOMA tags…

Received a beautiful and complicated MA selection from Kris Naylor. Detailed as below:

Envelope: Hand folded Mars pictorial. Complete with Earth Day Artistamp.…

Received beautiful Artistamp from Elle Mental. Front Cover is delicate watercolor blueberry painting with reverse personal note. Complete with FDI Stamp and Maltese Cross cancel and personal note, this is a lovely piece of faux postal. Elle has a delicate and…

School is back in session so I have been remiss in posting as frequently as I'd like. Same with creating my own work. Ideas percolate and then I find myself caught up in another task. Andrea McNeil's found art collage cover reminds me that art is everywhere to…

The incomparable Bifidus Jones strikes again with a multi-faceted piece that truly must be held to be believed. I'll walk you through it:

1. Upper Left - 1958 First Day Issue of Gene Autry…

My independent fine art horror film, The Defiled, is premiering this October at a number of film festivals worldwide. One's I can announce are; The Bram Stoker FF (Whitby/UK), Buffalo Screams (Amherst/NY) in October and a…

2 FLUXUS BUK - Obscurity is its own reward. A nice pun on the credit card statements that abound today. Multicolored psychedelic…

Philosophical Figure #21 - Sealed in plastic. Hand constructed paper geometric figure composed of bissected sentences on cardboard with restatement of text in border. Intricate and beautiful art piece complete with titling on reverse. Beautiful work, RR - love the attention to detail and the…

Hand stamped and decorated package from KC - complete with Latin Quote for "Art is Long, Life is Short." Admirable work. The enclosure (on corrugated cardboard) is a wrapped stake of sorts - evoking a variety of responses. Hand stamped typography - "We…

Unique grafitti style (plus translation) is the perfect Dadaist statement. I can decipher neither. Hand written and typed card with embellishments. Cinderella stamp and hand drawn illustrtion complete. A personal note stating that my last note was unreadable is…

Collaged Mannequin head with spoons. Giclee print, I believe? Wonderful collection of IUOMA stamps on back. Nice Cinderella as well of a child's drawing w/ furnace and fire embellishments. Art Tower is very active in the MA scene so I am quite thrilled to have…