Friday, December 31, 2010

Miranda Vissers, Eindhoven, The NETHERLANDS


Along with her portrait Miranda also sends along this mail art call on the Theme of Collecting. A Theme that is near and dear to my heart.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Douglas Walker, Black Creek, BC, CANADA

Fantastic my Dearest Darling Doug . .

Canadian Artist Douglas Walker is well known for creating unique water fountains and kinetic garden art sculptures using, among other things, discarded musical instruments, recycled copper, silver, brass and glass collectables.
Douglas Walker lives in Black Creek, located on Highway 19A in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, BC Canada. When visiting Vancouver Island you are welcome to stop by and browse through the half acre garden studio that Douglas Walker and Jann Hall call home.

Check out Doug's Site: Waterworks Garden Art

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Happy Holidays!!!

What an incredible year it has been . . so much fantastic mail!
Thanks to all the artists that have played along in my Quest to fill the walls of the Portrait Palace . . I Love them all . . . the variety of interpretations has been a delight. Many people have visited Studio J ArtSpace in the past year and taken such delight in seeing the portraits. Many have been inspired to create their own after a viewing. 
I wish you all the very best in the coming year  . . Keep smiling! . . and I look forward to seeing you in the mail!
With Love and Laughter as always
Mailarta

John G. Boehme, Victoria, BC, CANADA


The experiential John G.
Signed and Delivered . . .

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Documentation - Page 14 of the Portrait Project

Thanks to:

Valery Shimanovsky - Russia, Phil Osbourne - Canada, Pal Csaba - Hungary, Kevin Godsoe - Canada, Susana Picasso - Argentina, Eberhard Janke - Germany
Dominic Fetherston - Canada, Frank Marino - USA, Javier F. Granda - Spain, Tania Krosse - Sweden, Valdemar Cher - Sweden, Roy Green - Canada
Elke Grundmann - Germany, Alex Cabral - Brazil, Gerard Duffney - Canada, Shelley McIntosh - Canada, Rachel Berman - Canada, Keith Buchholz - USA
Pierpaolo Limongelli - Italy, Michael Ward - Canada, Donna Summer - USA, Mailarta - Canada, FranWillis - Canada, Terry Reid - Australia

Terry Reid, Surry Hills, AUSTRALIA

Terry Reid's portrait of Robert Brenn Robertson
A Second Life Original Production

Monday, December 13, 2010

Fran Willis, Victoria, BC, CANADA

Fran Willis (of the famed Fran Willis Gallery of Contemporary Art) and Fran Bear from a previous Queen Alexandria Bear Wear event at the Hotel Grand Pacific.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Monday, December 6, 2010

Shelley McIntosh, Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA


SHELLEY McINTOSH is a writer and animator from Victoria, Canada. Her award-winning film Labyrinth was finished in 1978 and Dream Geometry in 1996. She spent the 1980s in London, involved in the vital animation industry there. In the 1990s, back to Vancouver to teach animation, work as technical director at the National Film Board of Canada, and to focus on her writing. She was involved in workshops and readings at the Kootenay School of Writing. Her most recent publications are A Slight Narrative (Kater Murr's Press, 2005) and August (Route, 1996).

Friday, December 3, 2010

Frances Riley, Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA

Many Thanks to Frances for her visit to the studio and signing her postcard. I got to do a spotting of Minty on the walk home  .  if you get...