Heebee Post #996 - RCBz - St. Clown, Minnesota - USA

 Nice to see Roy and his friend hamming it up with the  "Great Horned" stare down stunt.  I cannot help but to wonder, could this be the "Smith" that he refers to from time to time?  Sure seems like his "Partenaire dans l'esprit de l'art" from the appearance of the shared unusually creative conduct.  It is difficult to describe Roy except to say that his wit is as sharp as a surgeon's scalpel and he wields it as if it were. I'm sure glad we're friends!

Egads!, that is quite the visage. Thank goodness for the border on the postcard so we can be sure this sobering creature is only a harmless prank and not some kind of "Talon Man" that runs amok in Saint Clown, disemboweling those that flail in mediocrity.

 Thank you very much Roy  and I hope you have a Pet Store nearby to supply some small rodents for your guest!  Great card - See you in the mail old boy. RCBz's mail art creations and exhortations.

PS: Heebee Jeebeeland gratefully salutes all those who served!

Heebee Post #995 - Lotro Poku (Lothar Trott) - Zurich - Switzerland

In my opinion, Lotro Poku and I are really a lot alike.  Our techniques and styles are markedly different, but we sure seem to be riding the same exuberant wave of consciousness .  Certainly we both have a strong affection for the classic "Fluxus Affair" girl,  seen above in all her mail art splendor!  I was working with this image a couple of years ago (see the original postcard over on the right margin) - but Lotro says: "We're done with it when I say we're done with it"!  Heh-heh.  Lothar goes on to tell a tale of a sort of  Heebee Jeebee tribute: 

 Thank you my dear friend.  And yes, Pokuland and Heebee Jeebeeland lie in vastly different, although parallel universes stitched together by our mutual admiration and our art. In spirit, they are identical.
It's like getting mail from my jolly old Dada-ist uncle. I like the "Art is not my business" artistamp seen in the center of the envelope.  I know exactly what he means.  When art is my 'business',  I seem to enjoy it less and am obliged to create something someone else will certainly dig - therefore often creating things that seem more like drudgery. I am, like Lotro, too far along the road to care about being ambitious in any regard of commercial artistic sense - leaving one to liberate fun from it's "spare time only" cage. Or something like that........  

 Lotro's old school Dada remains fresh within a category of artistic departure that only an intimate affiliation with the genre (mail art) over a long period of time can fathom - a really long time.

 Thank you so much dear Lotro - I salute Pokuland  and it's fearless leader.  It is with a big smile that I can say to you so many times over the years: "See you in the mail"!

Heebee Post #994 - Mr. Colori (The Museum of Instant Images) - Chaam - The Netherlands

 Mr. Colri sends in the second of three mail calls for 3 great Dutch painters. 2012 was Van Gogh - 2013 - Jheronimus (Aka: Hieronymus) Bosch is the current project. And finally, 2014 - Bruegel.  This particular call is entitled "Visions of Bosch".

 The above panel discusses the various parameters of the call.  If you are interested in showing at the exhibition in November, please remember that the work should relate to one of the works of Bosch.  Online gallery on the Interenet : boschvisions.blogspot.com. (under construction).


I thought it might be a good idea to show an example of Bosch's disquieting work.  This is a small portion of the classic 3 paneled "Garden of Earthly Delights".  Anything is possible in his colorfully depraved depictions. Click on the image to get a better look.

 Here,  we see Bosch himself in a self portrait late in his life. Nothing is known of his personality or his thoughts or the meaning of his art. He left behind no letters or diaries.

Thank you very much Mr. Colori - I'm going to get started on a surrealistic Bosch style contribution for your super project.  See you in the mail!

Heebee Post #993 - Bruno Chiarlone - Cairo Montenotte - Italy

 Bruno sends in this noble and poignant postcard commemorating the great experimental art giant Shozo Shimamoto (1928 - 2013). Adorned in the colors of la bandiera Italiana (Italian flag) - it pays a sincere tribute to the legendary artist.

New York Times article by art critic Roberta Smith: "ART VIEW; When Art Became a Stage and Artists Actors" (April 5, 1998). She names Shimamoto as among the most daring experimentalists on the international art scene:"Perhaps driven by the exhilarating mixture of relief, freedom and despair that followed the end of World War II, artists around the world had been experimenting with newly physical, sometimes violent, cathartic ways of making paintings and sculptures. Others were also staging what they called events, or actions or performances that sometimes were as destructive as they were creative.

And in Japan, Shozo Shimamoto was symbolically penetrating the sacrosanct picture plane of painting by throwing himself through several layers of rice paper, leaving traces of the event -- the hole surrounded by jagged shards of paper -- as the work of art."

The wonderful Avant Garde artist shall be sorely missed by the entire world - but his myriad of works live on in many international museums and galleries.

 Meanwhile, back to Bruno's postcard.  This noble looking "2014 - CENTENARIO DI CAVELLINI" artistamp is a beautiful remembrance of the fabled Italian artist. Bruno really has the knack for rendering his images to somehow be perceived as important and meaningful - his artistic alchemy is always in full gear.  Myself and a legion of others around the world are waiting anxiously for the celebration of a Cavellini's 100th birthday (even though he has been gone for some time).  More on that as the event draws nearer.

Thank you very much Bruno, I love Shimamoto and Cavellini too. They were both monuments to mail art as well as their individual contemporary art scenes.
See you in the mail my friend.

Heebee Post #992 - Vizma bruns - Waitpinga, South Australia - Australia

 Recently, I sent out about a dozen or so special edition commemorative postcards regarding the legalization of Marijuana in the state of Washington.  I realize that not everybody will appreciate this new law but, I also know that there are a vast number of folks that do - Anyway, this anguish ridden, altered "Hemp" card arrives as a response to my Pot postcard. This card hearkens back to the "Reefer Madness" mentality that prevailed in the 1930's and 40's.  Good job Vizma! And, if there is anyone who would also like to own one of the Marijuana commemoratives I created (not shown)- please let me know and I shall happily send one out to you!  It is a pretty cool card - even if you are not of that persuasion.

I love receiving postal art from the more spirited artists - Vizma is indeed one of the more spirited. Is the "Not all who wander are lost" meaning those who have partaken in the now legal indulgence? "Bon Voyage", "The Journey" "Trips" and "Hemp" - where did she get all those relevant rubber stamps? Well Vizma, thank you very much and see you in the mail my friend!

Heebee Post #991 - J.Block - Bridgewater, Massachusetts - USA

 This stunningly gorgeous panel by Mail Artist J. Block is nothing short of an adventure for armchair traveling eyes. Various scraps that seem to somehow undulate, compose a perfect atmosphere for the burst of dream-like vision that resides comfortably in a sea of a pandemonium of reasons. This will sure get your eyeballs talking to your brain! A splendid 4th Dimensional spectacle!

 The other corresponding panel that composes the inside of the folding card is this powerful but hapless sex-bomb in the midst of a recoiling crowd that seems to be shunning the beauty - much to the contrast of their curious minds. Perhaps it might be labeled "Witch Hunt" in a sort of bitter irony.

 This is the outside of the card unfolded - a beautiful package that maintains the artist's sense of wonder and exploration. A super job of it too!

This lovely NYC Graffiti artistamp, seen above on the left, is from a series that I seem to find all over the place lately. I am not sure of their origin but, I would like to be. If anybody could advise me about who is making these, please let me (and everyone else) know. I am quite curious.

This is J. Block's debut, here in the 4th, and I really must say, splendid job old boy (or is it girl?).  Also, I would love to send something in return, although the return address isn't quite clear enough for me - So, J.Block, please leave your 'addy' in my email or as a comment here - Okay? This little lovely deserves a reciprocation - wouldn't you agree?  See ya in the mail!
*Next Day Post Script:  Hey, I figured out your address J. - so nevermind that last part and  stand by for mail art!

Heebee Post #990 - Sky City (Lord Fugue) - Hickory, North Carolina - USA

 Sky City once again thrills the 4th Dimension with his sharp looking "Cosmos within the Eye Of  Sauron" postcard. Don't stare at it folks - I can feel the tractor beam of the star-populated pupil pulling me inexorably into itself. Yipes! Shake your head and walk away....... Lord Fugue remains in fine form.

 Side B of  Sky City's starry eyed endeavor is a fabulous congruence of featured Artistamps.  I recognize Darlene Altschul's "DKA Post" (always great work) and Eddie Nero's "Hitam Post" of which I would like a little closer look:

Eddie Nero's faux postage are marvelous little achievements that warrant a lingering look just because the eyes like it there. This particular stamp is from a set labeled "Mask #4". Brilliant work that reminds me a little of Tin Tin for some reason. Thanks very much Scott - love your work and your collection of Artistamps must be pretty cool. See ya in the mail (where I shall talk to you regarding your exciting note - hope that works out, my dear friend).

Heebee Post #989 - PC (TIC TAC) - Starnberg - Germany

 Patrizia turns in a new look for an old theme - the monkey's faces taking on their virtues - in the Subway, of course!  I'm posting this after finding it amidst a pile of mail art debris on my art bench. Sorry PC. but here it is, in full glory! I found a few others folks so, if you haven't seen your postal masterpiece after carefully sending it to me, I assure you it shall be posted in, hopefully, a timely manner for all to revel in!

 The reverse side of the 'Simian Trio' card contains an invitation for her new project (see below). I love PC's address label - her style is charmingly bold.

 I hadn't realized at first, but this composition is a rethinking of the three monkeys previously seen. Hear not, see not, say not.

 This is the Mail Art project I had mentioned from above. "Zine in a Box" - PC is a very clever artist and always has a propensity for having fun. Anybody participating in her projects can attest to that. For more info on this: Tic Tac site,

 The sturdy envelope that carried everything has a usual array of PC's characteristic business of rubber stamping - and then I saw this.....

I thought I should show PC's rubber stamping of the two stretcher bearers carrying an interesting symbol of some sort.  Then compare it to the two  fellows in the faux postage I made.  Same exact image!  I ripped mine from a 1953 Thorndike and Barnhart Beginning Dictionary.  I wonder where her's came from?  Thank you so much Patrizia, I am enjoying your work always. See you in the mail!

Heebee Post #988 - Nicole Kostic - Toledo, Ohio - USA

 My, oh, my! That is some pretty brutal "Alien Probe evidence"! Nicole rejoins the ranks of the 4th Dimension with this depiction of , well.....I suppose, friendly reader, that you will have to determine what exactly is going on here. This first of three postcards received  is a gas!

  I like the thought of Nicole's ethereal kiss coupled with her sexy "Thinking of you from the 4th Dimension". Romantic and strange - a combo that is almost always a winner! Note:  That sweet mush is not a rubber stamp! And yes, I'm smiling, thinking about it!

  I like Nicole's colorful 'Life in the Cretaceous' postcard - Colors are strikingly vibrant against the stark white of the background.  The plants are almost as monstrous as the beast!

 Sorry to learn of your "Glue Stick withdrawal" status. Maybe you should have "stuck with it"! Heh-heh.

 The "Evil Dog" looks almost angelic with his innocent demeanor in this, the third card of a set of three. One never knows. Anyway, nice name for entrepreneurial purposes.
Very nice to have you back Nicole - Also, I couldn't help but to notice that you, dear girl,  are the 100th Heebee Jeebee follower of this peculiar blog. Yay! Hooray! I'm sending something special - see you in the mail Nicole and thank you very much!

Heebee Post #987 - Roland Halbritter - Nudlingen - Germany

 Roland's humorous outlook on the state of humanity; where Love is easily marketable by virtue of modern technology. An interesting notion - I wonder how that would work? What I really want to remark about is the exquisite execution of perforation. In fact, perfect perforation. I am very curious about how he achieved this as well as envious. Please let me know Roland - Great stamps!

Is it possible dear Roland has remained in Bavaria (Bayern, as indicated by the card), at some kind of rejuvenating health spa?  I hope you are well Roland and able to enjoy the luscious Springtime.  I can understand your reluctance to leave Bavaria - it must be quite beautiful there. Wish you the best my friend and shall be visiting you in the post shortly. Thanks. Roland Halbritter Mail Art.

Heebee Post #986 - Valery Shimanovsky - Nizhekamsk, Tartartstan - Russia

 Valery's violet-crimson study in facial anatomy is making my teeth hurt a little bit, having been to the Dentist earlier today.  The vibrantly colored card boasts a number of features in it's business - like that red and white 'envelope stamp' in the right upper.  Nice.  The eerie looking row of shiny lips looks almost like a row of suction cups along the bottom of a large tentacle. A little creepy, but great!

 I like the way he "Circled the wagons" around the destinaire's information.  I sure wish I read Cyrillic, it is such a fascinating language.  Valery is a lot of fun and is quite popular as a sort of "Bon Vivant" among his fellow mail artists.  I always smile when I see something from Valery.  Thanks very much my friend and see you in the mail. Valery Shimanovsky Mail Art




One last thing.  This incredibly beautiful Russian postage stamp is rich in presence and just commands the imagination into wonder of who this distinguished appearing woman is.  The artist certainly captured the hearty countenance of the young lady.  A super stamp!

Heebee Post #985 - Grigori Antonin - Minneapolis, Minnesota - USA

 The Erni Bar Fan Club is an appreciation for the genius of German Artist Erni Bar.  Apparently, there are a lot of things regarding Erni that no one knew about - like international film star status, proven by his star on Hollywood Blvd,  photographed by the humorous long time mail artist Grigori Antonin; who likes to promote the adoration of the Erni Bar legend.

These days, it is impossible to mention Grigori without discussing the inimitable Erni Bar, since he is so active in the "Fan Club" antics.  Here, on the left, is the handsome Bar incorporated into a toothbrush holder. Actually, the wall behind the sculpture is pretty interesting as well.  Not familiar with Erni Bar, or perhaps you might want to know more regarding this incredible Beatnik-ish, junk media artist? Check here: Erni Bar website. And if you would like to, the Erni Bar Fan Club discussions are a gas to read. Careful, you can become addicted to Erni Bar and the folks that comprise the fan club - a lot of fun guaranteed!

 Yes, that shadowed photographer is Grigori "Enjoying the sun". Great card old boy - I love all things Erni too.  I sent something to you a few days ago Grigori - hope you enjoy it. Love the card!