A LETTER TO JOHANNES GUTENBERG

A LETTER TO JOHANNES GUTENBERG

Entry to a mail art call put together by Reinhard Hammann in Mainz, Germany. Show dates May 13 to June 12.Components: photocopy of Mrs. Mary Searles Penrose, Elgin Academy, 1930. German stamp, German language page, old wallpaper, crayon, tracing paper and rubber...
PENN 124 8POXE SYLVANIA

PENN 124 8POXE SYLVANIA

After sending my first Quaker art to the Netherlands, I received a wonderful comment from Valentine M. Herman, in France, who promised to send me a postcard with some history of a very famous Quaker from Valentine’s home town. I received his card and loved it....
IMAGINE SQUIRRELS

IMAGINE SQUIRRELS

This piece was done for the Imagine Squirrels show in Miami, AZ, put together by Mudhead Reynolds. Which pays homage to the work of French novelist René Daumal and his unfinished work Mount Analogue. Excerpt:While climbing, take note of all the difficulties along your...
HENNESSY TENNESSY

HENNESSY TENNESSY

Sending a collage out to my father’s cousin in NY, I thought it would be fun to give a nod to St. Patrick. Components: an Irish stamp from my dad’s collection, a 1960s advert, vintage wall paper, green crayon and some of the text from Mr. Dooley on Making...
WHILE YOU WERE OUT

WHILE YOU WERE OUT

Having fun responding to a letter from Richard C. He remarked about a comment that I had been doing mail art since 1965 by saying I must have been doing crayon drawings for my grandmother, sweet. That made me think of my Yiayia, and inspired this postcard. Some of the...