Mail Art Made in Mexico

While spending a few weeks down in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico I did this new series of 30, hand-painted postcards inspired by the view from where I was staying.   Overlooking the Isla del Río Cuale (the island in the small river that flows along the Emiliano Zapata District).

In the past I have sent mail art directly from Mexico, but it tends to take weeks.  Plus, the mail box I have used in the past (see photo) seems to be closed.   Plus, back in San Francisco, I had an opportunity to use the USPS’s Mariachi Stamps.

Murals in Mexico

 I always enjoy the murals and street art when I am down in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Mail Art from Ukraine 🇺🇦

Nowadays it is reassuring to see mail art arrive from Ukraine.  The latest piece from Lubomyr Tymkiv was in the post office box this week.  Check out his blog (also glad to see The Artist in Seine has made a visit from Paris to Lviv).

Summer of Fog

My latest artist stamp that I am adding along with regular postage to my outgoing mail. Commemorating our foggy summer and of course Sutro Tower.

Summerful Mail

There has been plenty of fun and fabulous pieces of mail art arriving all summer.   Prints, postcards, artist stamps and more movable pieces from Kathy Barnett.  I need to make a video one day of her work. This is a list of the artists shown here: 

1. Valdor – Catalonia/Spain
2. Morgan – Canada 
3. Peter Müller – Germany
4. Eberhard Janke - Germany
5. Richard Baudet – France 
6. Kathy Barnett – Missouri
7. Gregg Biggs – Museum of Unclaimed Ephemera – California
8. Jennifer Utter – California
9. Fleur Helsingor – California
10. Pamela Gerard (California)
11. Margo Hill – California
12. Serse Luigetti – Italy

Post-Folk Art — Ukraine 🇺🇦

For over 20 years, textiles have inspired much of my mixed media artwork.  Since 2017, I have been working on my post-folk art series.  Painting paper and using color palettes from Polish and Kashubian Folk Art.  Next, I cut up the paper and reassemble the pieces in collages.  I have wanted to explore the Ukrainian side of my Eastern European heritage.  This call for mail art for work based on Ukrainian embroidery immediately inspired me.

Fluxus High School

What better way to spend a lazy summer afternoon than going through your school yearbook.  Or for me, cutting up some old yearbooks and making about 200 Artist Trading Cards (ATCS) to send out for a new series for the Fluxus High School Yearbook.