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"Advice Dismissed" from Kerri Pullo Ryan

Beautiful piece by Kerri:

"Advice Dismissed" caught my eye when Kerri put it up with her photos, and I was delighted to find it as the first mail art she has sent me. Kerri, when she uses words, makes them melt into the rest of the art, just as the photo does. The organic, wounded red shape around the photo expresses well the ambiguity of her subject. Very nice work, Kerri, and I… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 11, 2011 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Received: minimal art from prettylily

A cool piece, with a slight problem:

The problem? The piece of screening had fallen off in the envelope, and Sue didn't remember where it goes. She had written on the back: "Simple enough yet? Ha, ha, still working on it." At first I took that to mean she is still working on going minimal, then, second-guessing, thought maybe she *meant* for me to finish it, with her "Ha, ha,… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 6, 2011 at 3:14pm — 5 Comments

Received from Susan McAllister

A wild and fun card that leaped out of my mailbox:

A lot of work went into this interesting piece, and it brightens up the atmosphere in my dead resort town. She included a nice note on the back, too. Thanks very much, Susan ~

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 4, 2011 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

Alicia Starr and her trashbook !

This was a delightful and surprising mail art: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 11:28pm — 3 Comments

Lesley Magwood Fraser breaks a heart

This piece is so affecting that it's hard to do it justice: Lesley says that these are "ghost" images from monoprints she did. How fitting for…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 11:05pm — 6 Comments

Theresa Williams and James Ensor

...on the way to the 1st Annual IUOMA Hallowe'en Ball:

Very nice and graceful rendering of Ensor...covered with bats and hiding behind a nearly Pinocchio-type mask, poor guy. Theresa knows her subjects very well, though, and so she knows what she is doing here. Ensor would appreciate it, and I do too. Thank you so much for this, Theresa, and especially for the epistolary poem on… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 10:39pm — 4 Comments

Received from arttower

A head! And great envelope, it had to be included:

Thank you, Gunter, I enjoy your work and fanciful envelope--and am impressed that you knew my town can be officially abbreviated as OOB and recognized by the postal system. Nice going! He also includes a flier about "The Head Project Phase 3," which looks to have taken place on September 9. Congratulations, and thank you also for… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 10:29pm — No Comments

Cheryl Penn's "Transgressing the Page" pages

Am I lucky to be on the transgressor list: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 10:11pm — No Comments

Judith Heartsong's modern take on the classic still-life

That's why she includes the label on a pair:

I mean a pear! Judith sent this lovely watercolor as a pair--cut in two--separately, on the same day. One half arrived a couple of days later, and the other arrived 10 days later. So the message Judith wrote, which was cut in half, was quite a puzzle for a little while--as was the whereabouts of the second half, on the part of both of… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 9:59pm — 1 Comment

Trashpo Snooky from Angie

Well, Snooky himself is clean as always:

But I think Snooky is becoming more haptic? That's for the experts to decide. Angie questioned in her note to me whether this is truly trashpo, but it IS art. Yes, and I'd say it's both, because there is proof that some trash is included in this piece by Angie. Not tons, but it doesn't take tons. It's an excellent haptic trashpo collage… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 9:48pm — 4 Comments

FRIEDER SPECK's Beautiful Art Joke On Me

10 linocut prints arrived, each on its own napkin: These 6 are shown photographed laid out carefully on a wooden floor. The following 4 I scanned individually: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 1, 2011 at 8:27pm — 5 Comments

Yet more sweetness from Erni Bar!

Giant candy bar. It's gone now. DeLISHious! Erni collaged the whole thing so tight that I wanted to take a hammer to it, BUT that would have destroyed the collage. You can see what's left--rather interesting things going on in Erni's brain, I'd say, probably…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 29, 2011 at 9:30pm — 11 Comments

"Artefact": a special gift from Gabriel Xiloj of the Netherlands

This arrived three weeks ago and knocked my socks off: Gabriel sent me this because a couple of months ago I admired some photos he'd put up that played with the alphabet and signs and symbols. He has created his own symbols for the alphabet, and an imaginary story to go with the concept. The above is the front of this 7"x9" book; and the back plus his translation sheet…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 28, 2011 at 11:31pm — 4 Comments

Asemic Illumination #3 from Rebecca Resinski

I love her asemic writing, which fills the card:

My scanner does not capture the deep richness of the warm blue, unfortunately. This is a real beauty, and I thank you, Rebecca!

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 28, 2011 at 10:37pm — 4 Comments

Postcard no. 288 from Mim, she's getting there!

A wonderful minimal work: The slicing or carrying that's happening to the alphabet here really appeals to me. The shapes and the spots of color along with it make for an extra nice composition. I love it, and always love her address side too, with "official" stamps: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 28, 2011 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

From Katerina and Dean in Paris

French cerealism and trashpo: Behind on blogging, but realized today that this had better be put up before Katerina gets home from Paris, which is probably imminent? Very fun card, thanks you…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 27, 2011 at 11:05pm — 7 Comments

Beautiful ragged beauty from Marie Wintzer

It would be great, and I looked forward to it immensely:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 23, 2011 at 1:16am — 5 Comments

In Paris with Katerina

A puts-you-there card from Katerina:

This is one of many cards Katerina has apparently sent to people from Paris during her visit there. It's graceful as always, and includes her beautiful blues, flowing asemics, another(!) neat stamp, and pictures+maps of where… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 22, 2011 at 10:18pm — 2 Comments

Svenja Wahl makes me wonder: What is Ray up to, anyway?

The clever Svenja sent me some hints: Look at that envelope (front and back are shown)! Svenja's, always put together by hand, tend to be…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 22, 2011 at 9:08pm — 2 Comments

Something new from Catherine Petre

Catherine writes that she has been experimenting: Bold and beautiful colors on the card (and envelope below), Catherine, and a very nice, organic style. Yes I do like it, very much! And also the Virginia Woolf quote on the back of the card: "Each has his past…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 20, 2011 at 9:49pm — 4 Comments

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