Dale Adams, Victoria, BC, CANADA

Dale Adams

"Ise da Bye"!

Dale is a freelance artist living in beautiful Victoria,B.C. Canada.You can find his artwork at his page on DeviantART. He works in watercolors, pastels, pen and ink, pencil, colored pencils and digital artwork.

Dale also sent an invite to check out: The Tom Morrisey Band for a Newfie Christmas at the Edeleiss . . . (He plays guitar with the band)

More of Dale's music at his page: My SPACE

Shanneyganock, St. John's, Newfoundland, CANADA

Shanneyganock

Mark Hiscock, Billy Sutton, Chris Andrews, Bob Pike

The band is currently on tour . . recently caught up with them here in Victoria. 

Shanneyganock is folk-based band from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Loosely translated from Gaelic, their name means "creature of the night". Their music is heavily Irish/Celtic influenced. Shanneyganock has released their 8th album "Live on George Street" and a DVD is also available.

Ruggero Maggi, Milano, ITALY

Thanks to Ruggero for this self portrait and additional postcards. More of Ruggero's work can be seen at: RUGGERO MAGGI

Susan McAllister, Berkley, California, USA

 Thanks to another of my IUOMA mail art connections Susan for this drawn Goddess addition to the collection. 

See you in the mail . . Best from the North West. M.

Ed Koch, New York, New York, USA

#52 in the series has found it's way back to the mailbox at Studio J.

Thanks to former NYC Mayor Ed Koch for his participation in the project. 

Ivan Zemtsov, Yoshkar-Ola, RUSSIA

Spasiba!

More mail art from Ivan at his site: Alyonka

Jose Brando, Maracay Estado Aragua, VENEZUELA

Special Delivery from Jose Brando inVenezuela

Collage on canvas

Jose's site for his art: BRANDOART

Ryosuke Cohen, Moriguchi City, Osaka, JAPAN

Brain Cell Edition # 802

Check out more at: RYOSUKE COHEN

Jean Francois Vigeon, Echillais, FRANCE

To Be or Not To Be . . Mona Lisa

Merci Jean Francois!

Be sure and check out J.F's Blog: Plus - beaux-les-echanges.over.blog

Portrait Documentation Page 19

Thanks to: Trevor Wayne - USA, Dean Fortin - Canada, Marty Hykin - Canada, 

Jian Ghomeshi - Canada, Ed Stelmach - Canada, Sarah Richardson - Canada

Martin Batchelor - Canada, Isabel Tipton - Canada, Stewart Charlebois - Canada, Emilio Carrasco - Mexico, Rachel Berman - Canada, Jill Tracy - USA
Simon Nattrass - Canada, Javier F. Granda - Spain, Tristram - Canada, Lisa Helps - Canada, Karin Greenwood - S. Africa, Ben Isitt - Canada
Deborah Nohr - Canada, Patricia Eloy-Veltin - France, Sian Phillips - England, Lauren Bacall - USA, Raymond Furlotte - Canada, Jaime Rodriguez - Spain

Jaime Rodríguez, Asturias, SPAIN

Del Eterno Retorno

You can see more of Jaime's work at: 

jaime rguez www.kaosart.org www.galeriatexu.com

Raymond Furlotte, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA

Another incredible richly textured and stitched work by Raymond. 

Also enclosed were several mail art calls (posted on my other site: Queen of Poste)

Merci Raymond!

Lauren Bacall, New York, New York, USA

Thanks to Ms Bacall for autographing this image for the Portrait Gallery. 

To see more on this incredible actress check out: Lauren Bacall

(Delighted to see that my mailman took the care to place this envelope under my door.)

Siân Phillips, London, ENGLAND

Thanks to Siân for this reply.

# 0911-73 arrived today . . sans envelope

More on this amazing actress at: Siân Phillips IMDb

Patricia Eloy-Veltin, Chauny, FRANCE

This series of 4 drawn and painted ATC sized works arrived from Patricia this week.

Deborah Nohr, Victoria, BC, CANADA

Had a chance to meet Deborah recently too on the campaign trail. 

Ben Isitt, Victoria, BC, CANADA

The City candidates are out and about the surrounds of Victoria . . Here's Ben's page for more info: Ben Isitt 

Karin Greenwood, Kwa Zulu Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

A collage portrait arrives from IUOMA member Karin Greenwood with a poem.

Lisa Helps, Victoria, BC, CANADA

Thanks Lisa . . Check out her site: LISAHELPSVICTORIA

Tristram of Tara, Stratford, Ontario, CANADA

From my dear friend - Magik Man . . Tristram of Tara  . . in Stratford, ON.

Check out the The Macklin Medical Mission

Javier F. Granda and Barbara Loreto Fernández Alvarez, Asturias, SPAIN

Javier F. Granda and Barbara Loreto Fernandez Alvarez

Thanks Javier . . the mail arrived yesterday!

Check out his blog: for the mail art call Land Art

Toni Childs, Kauai, Hawaii

What an evening . . The spirit in her voice, her heart is so powerful. So happy that the timing was right for this event to happen when it did. 

This Emmy Award-winning musician is here in Victoria recording her new album "Citizens of the Planet"