May Mail

Sometimes with mail art the envelopes try to upstage the contents — and this month has seen a few examples of amazing envelopes in my mailbox along with some great contents.  Plus, I am noticing more and more postage stamps and artists stamps honoring, doctors, nurses and medical research.   I even hunted down some Jonas Salk postage stamps for the vaccine-themed mail art I sent out a few weeks ago.  

The mail shown here includes:

1. Rebeka Torowin-Borowicz – U.K. 
2. Wabi Sabi Sews – California
3. Kathy Barnett – Missouri
4. Jennie Hinchcliff – California
5. The Sticker Dude – New York 
6. R.F. Côté — Canada
7. Peter Müller – Germany
8. Margo Hill – California
9. William Mellott – Taiwan 
10. Fleur Helsingor - California 
11. Katerina Nikoltsou - Greece
12. Gregg Biggs – Museum of Unclaimed Ephemera – California

Cat Chaekgeori

This is the newest painting of books and things in my Chaekgeori-inspired series.  One might ask, where are the books?  I believe there is a small one tucked in on the lower shelf.  But in this modern example, clearly that iPad Mini is filled with ebooks.  Does Spinerboy actually read?  He is clever, but he might prefer cat game apps over reading.  And what sort of cat has his own iPad?   There is even has a special shelf where he keeps his fancy cat dishes.  Spinerboy shares a home with Scarlett Jo, so that shelf is a necessity.  Scarlett Jo is the type of girl that thinks nothing is more charming than a dog with cat food breath.  

Happy World Collage Day!

May 8^th is World Collage Day.  These collages are examples of double recycling.   I always re-use the event calendars from the San Francisco Public Library when I paint.   And now I have cut them up for colorful collages.

Don’t Hesitate — Vaccinate!

Sending out some handmade rubber stamped, vaccine-themed mail art. If you are eligible and vaccines are available, get it.  If not, I hope you won’t need to wait much longer. 

Meaty Mail

Can you mail some steaks?  How about some meat art mail art?  These hand-painted, meaty postcards are on their way in the mail.  I would not recommend cooking them.

Travel Chaekgeori

Here is the latest painting in my Chaekgeori-inspired series.   Nearly everyone tends to put souvenirs and things we pick up when travelling on their bookshelves.  When I paint one of these, I usually spot a travel guide on the shelves too.   But with this painting, it is all travel.  The books and things belong to a couple in Milan that has dedicated a whole corner of their adventures.  The travel guides, custom photo album, the model of the iconic VW van — it is all there.    Does anyone who travels not have at least one piece of driftwood on their shelves?  A piece of wood that has already been on its own journey before you find it and bring it home.   That might be the best souvenir one could have.   The only thing missing from these shelves is a California travel guide.   But one day, hopefully soon, we might start wandering our planet again.

Shopping in Lithuania

No Easter eggs in the mail, but Mindaugas Žuromskas assembles old supermarket receipts to make collages. If I could read Lithuanian, I might be able to figure out the price of eggs in Vilnius.  The fish, or are they Poisson d’avril, come from France.  More Lithuanian including a streetcar ticket in a collage from Peter Müller in Germany, also some nice local work that did not travel so far to reach me.  The mail shown here includes:

1. Victoria Gray – Nevada
2. Gregg Biggs – Museum of Unclaimed Ephemera – California
3. Peter Müller – Germany
4. Artist in Seine (aka Dean Marks) – France 
5. Rani Goel – California 
6. Mindaugas Žuromskas – Lithuania