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art journal: magpie songline (water colour and collage)

magpie songline (collage and watercolour) : A songline in Australian Aboriginal belief is a route through the landscape which is believed to have been travelled during the Dreamtime (or Alcheringa) and which features a series of landmarks thought to relate to events that happened during this time. The First Australians sang the maps of 1,000's of years. Australian Aboriginal People are the oldest continuous culture & civilization in the world 48,000 + yrs in Australia ...this piece was done to celebrate the birth of my Australian Aboriginal Grandson (now 13  -a proud young man of the Darrug Mob (Tribe).

Alternative Mail Art: Incoming Tide Volume 1, 26 November 2014

mail art postcard : highjump humour

mail art: rasta greetings

art journal: sun-shower during the tulip festival (oil pastels)

art journal: land of plenty (pure collage)

Alternative Mail Art: Incoming Tide Volume 1, 25 November 2014

art journal: 'gods we worship' (mixed media: collage, oil crayon, watercolour & found words)

art journal; 'early days' (mixed media: pencil, gouache, found words)

Alternative Mail Art: Incoming Tide Volume 1, 24 November 2014

travel journal: solomon islands 2012 (selected pages)

The journal I used for this trip was a Moleskine Plain Cahier (Ex Large). As it turns out, it probably was not the best choice on my part...the weather was wet some days and my journals pages became water logged! But, what a SPLENDID journey! 

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art journal: no. 3 break-up (mixed media collage)

Alternative Mail Art: Incoming Tide Volume 1, 21 November 2014

Turning incoming mail-stuff that would normally go into the bin ....into art. The ultimate recycle!

art journal: goddess worship (mixed media collage)

mail art: jack fingerman philosophy corner

mail art: Hola! Post (collage)

mail art : come on get happy (hand drawn fonts & acrylic paint)

mail art: via crane post (hand drawn)

mail art: shoot to kill (we come in peace)

new look blog

My regular 'stalkers' (LOL & yes YOU :-) will notice my new look blog that will eventually combine all of my art journals, travel journals, mail art and everything in between in the one place.........

Enjoy!

art journal: 'memory' (collage)

art journal: '9/11' (the day it happened) as Published in '1,000 Journal Pages' (1,000 art journal pages by artists from around the world) by Dawn Sokol

art journal: there are 8 sides to every story (collage, mixed media & found objects)

mail art: whale mail (hand carved rubber stamp)

mail art postcard: postage head

mail art (altered postcard) he's back