David Suzuki, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Pleased to have the second arrival of the Autograph cards today. (17/25)

Here's a link to more on the David Suzuki Foundation

Carole James, Victoria, BC, CANADA

The first to arrive in the new "Autographed Portrait Post Card" mailings . . (03/25)

This is a new series inspired by the John Tingey book on the life of W. Reginald Bray (The Englishman who Posted Himself and other Curious Objects). This card in my postings showed up in my mailbox the day my original autographed W. R. Bray arrived from England . . How I love the serendipity of life in each day  . . 

Sean Nattrass, Hagensborg, British Columbia, CANADA

(image with mylar overlay)

A Flux man encore . .
One of the most fascinating tattoos that I have photographed to date .. FLESH defined

Diana Durrand, Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA

Upon discovering an eggplant in her garden, Diana turned a delicious purple!

Peter Netmail, Minden, GERMANY

Card for Peter Netmail's new mail art call " Life is a Blue Pianist"

you can send your contribution by 31 July:

Netmailart

PO Box 2644

D 32383 Mail Art Mekka Minden

Germany

Yuri Gagarin (via Strelnikov), Fort Collins, CO, USA

Thanks to IUOMA member Strelnikov for this most recent addition to the Portrait Gallery. Also enclosed was a facinating collection of 38 itunes . .

More info on the subject (Wiki): Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин,^[1] Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human being to journey into outer space, when his Vostokspacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when a MiG 15 training jet he was piloting crashed.

Omar Sachedina, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

Thanks to one of my favourite CTV news reporters, Omar Sachedina
Omar Sachedina joined CTV NATIONAL NEWS as a reporter in September 2009, after two years as a reporter/anchor at CP24, where he anchored Toronto's breaking news to a new prime time record in the summer of 2009 when a super storm hit Toronto and 1.2 million viewers tuned in to coverage led by Sachedina. . . . 

Shawn Shepherd, Victoria, BC, CANADA

The the multi talented yet complex talents of SHAWN SHEPHERD . . 

Check out his gallery: POLYCHROME FINE ARTS

Sergey Shkuratov, Krasnodar, RUSSIA

check out more from Sergey at: IUOMA

and 

MYSPACE

Eddie Nero, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Check out more for Eddie at his site: Eddie Nero

Alexey Klukin, Yoshkar Ola, RUSSIA

A series of drawings and images from Alexey in Yoshkar-Ola.

You can see an interview of Alexey with his unique collections at: YOU TUBE ALEXEY

Jessie Homer French, La Quinta, California, USA,

Portrait of the Artist as MomDog

Sean Nattrass, Hagensborg, British Columbia, CANADA

A flux work from Sean . . Part One

Dorian Ribas Marinho, Florianopolis, (SC), BRASIL

New additions to the Portrait Project from Dorian. 

Dorian also has a mail art call: "The End"

Deadline Dec 20th, 2012

Send works to:

Dorian Ribas Marinho

Caixa Postal no. 676 - Florianopolis (SC)

BRASIL 88010-970

Cesar Reglero, Tarragona, SPAIN

More from Cesar at: BOEK 861 Mail ARt Y Poesia Visual

Jordi M. Boixader, Tarragona, SPAIN

More of Jordi's work on the blog: Jordi Mboixader

April Bending, Stratford, ON, CANADA

And here are two of my favourite Dames . . April and Louise

April and I share a love of sculpture and the work of Louise Bourgeois . . Great shot Thanks for mailing it to the my Portrait Gallery Project.

More from April at her site: April Bending Fine Artist

Documentation - Page 16 of the Portrait Project

Special Thanks to those who participated in this edition:

Vanessa Kister - Brazil, Emilio Morandi - Italy, Ivan Zemtsov - Russia, Marina Salmaso - Denmark, Heinz Lotz - Germany, Sean Nattrass - Canada
Elke Grundmann - Germany, Jimmy Wright - Canada, Diana Durrand - Canada, Natalya Chernobrovkina - Russia, Ellen Bennett - Canada, Ann Marie Bennett - Canada
Queen Elizabeth II - England, Lance Olsen - Canada, Chris & Steven- Canada, Keith Martin - Canada, J. Ryan Wade - USA, C. Casamayor de Planta - France
Jessie Homer French - USA, Wayne Bianchin - Canada, Hopeton Anderson - Canada, Snappy - Canada, Anna Banana - Canada, Mailarta - Canada

Mailarta, Victoria, BC, CANADA

From the Wearable Art Show at AGGV . . Guess who is emcee for this years "Art Attire" happening on June 11th ???. .

I'm already working on the design of the new hat with my in-house alter ego sculptor . . stayed tuned more to follow . . perhaps I'll see you at the show!

with Love and Laughter

as always

Mailarta

Valery Shimanovsky, Tatarstan, RUSSIA

Post Card Portrait from Valery in Russia

He also has a mail art call: " SVIYAZHSK. RENAISSANCE OF ISLAND-CITY" 

More details here: MAILARTA"S MAIL BAG

Snappy, Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA

From the IAP 2011 Stamp Edition

More from Snappy at his blog site: SNAPPY SERVICE

Diane Bertrand, St-Leonard, Quebec, CANADA

Springtime Greetings from Mail Artist Diane Bertrand in Saint Leonard, Quebec