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Guido Vermeulen's mail art envelopes are like worlds into themselves and at the same time they are part of the much larger whole.

(a comment by NANCY BELL SCOTT, USA, on the IUOMA network)

Guido's paintings are like finding images in the clouds
(a comment by Kathleen D. Johnson, USA, on IUOMA)

Guido does not paint monsters but spirits and ghosts, full of love, tenderness and compassion
(LIZA LEYLA during a conversation, Belgium)

His ability to express emotions through painting is a beautiful gift. Allowing oneself to feel sadness is the most direct route through grief. His paintings feel peaceful and kind.

(STEPHEN WALKER, USA)


My life is shifting... Your work is intangible, ethereal, cosmically rewarding. i eat it up & savor it like a great sandwich! It made my day!
(Lisa PEREZ, USA, on IUOMA)

Thank you for the TALISMAN painting on the envelope. It is real cool and creepy at the same time. I haven’t seen a piece of abstract capture such as pain and emotion so well since I visited the museum of art in Toledo. Bravo!
(Sarah Jo Pender, USA, from the Indiana Women’s Prison)

I suppose you could characterize Guido's painting style as expressionist. I know he is very interested in dreams as a source for art and poetry, and these particular chapter pages seem like shadowy dream corridors filled with shifting images and scenes. The Michaux quotes work as a counterpoint, Guido's art is taking over when the limits of language have been reached.
(De Villo Sloan, USA, on my tribute pages to Henri Michaux, see LAMUSAR blog)

Guido’s art expressions are always poems and they show us the reality of our real faces and souls (Mariana Serban, Romania)

His titles have both inspired and educated me (Alicia Starr, USA)

zondag 26 februari 2012

The return of the wolves or refind hope


Small painted envelope for Theresa Williams, USA

The slow stalking eye


Small painted envelope for Ruud Janssen, The Netherlands

The history of surrealism in Belgium was a war against France, with the support of the Congo


Small painted envelope for Fleur Helsingor, USA

In the court yard of hibernation


Small painted envelope for Debbie Clandening, Canada

The dive into the void, a comment on the European construction, deconstruction


Small painted envelope for Carina Granlund in Finland

For S.


In de handpalm van jouw gelaat wil ik me verliezen,
zonder handleiding en zonder kaart

Small painted envelope for Simonne Pauwels, France

I cut the darkness with the knife of love


Small painted envelope for M. Nidham in Oman

A debate on the incapacity of change within a closed system and all systems are closed by definition


Small painted envelope for Imelda Wubben, The Netherlands

donderdag 23 februari 2012

zaterdag 18 februari 2012

The wedding debate


A5 painted envelope

THE U-TURNING POINT




Large painted envelope and collage fragments with some additions by John Bennett (USA)
Mailed to John

September colors asemics


Small painted envelope for Rebecca Guyver, UK

REMEMBERING MY MOTHERS, Simonne and Ruth


Large painted envelope and collage fragments mailed to Susan Mc Allister, USA

Patience dear, the end is ... near


A5 painted envelope and collage fragments for 12 12 12 Project in the USA

LOVE WILL COME, perhaps


Small painted envelope for Rochelle Fallout, USA

Let’s get real for once!





Large painted envelope and collage fragments for Kerri Pullo Ryan (stage 1 and 2 and back)

Let them eat the dirty dishes AKA the crazy history of the femail world


Large painted envelope and collage fragments
for Saartje Stiers, Belgium

JUST THE 2 OF US


A5 painted envelope and painted cut up
for Anke van den Berg, Belgium

I have something to tell you: LOVE!


Large painted envelope for Cheryl Penn in South Africa

DRAGON DANCE 2012


Small painted envelope mailed to Karen Champlin, USA

Hippie Dippy


Small painted envelope for ARAC, USA

woensdag 15 februari 2012

THE FINAL FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR


Large painted envelope for Piet Franzen in The Netherlands

THE WAR OF THE ANTS


Small painted envelope for Jan Theuninck, Belgium

THE LIGHT RIDERS


Small painted envelope for Zois, USA

MOURNER FOR RUDY


Small painted envelope to the memory of mail artist Rudy Rubberoid (1927-2012)
Mailed to his family

MEDITATION ON THE END OF THE WORLD


Small painted envelope for Cristian Sima in Romania

Don’t climb every mountain!


Small painted envelope for Alicia Starr, USA

DESTINATION TURTLE ISLAND


Small painted envelope for Ana Lucia Ribeiro Pereira, Brasil

BLIND POETRY


A5 painted envelope for Nuno and Nela, UK

ATHENS IS ... BURNING


Small painted envelope for Serse Luigetti, Italy

A CRY FOR A TRANSPARANT UNIVERSE


Small painted envelope for Superhero, USA