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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)

donderdag 15 maart 2012

Tragic division: you have the ones who carry the roots of the world in their hearts and you have the others who have lost all roots (another proof of tree wisdom)


Small painted envelope for Monique Jany, Belgium

Without any guide: how many tears do we have inside, as much as we are able to love


Small painted envelope for Jill French, USA

We all live in the routine of daily fascism of the polite smile AKA have a nice day!


Small painted envelope for Cuan Miles, South Africa

The state of the world can be compared to a bus covering the distance of 2 miles in 45 hours


Small painted envelope for Jose Nogueira in Brasil

The meeting point of different muses having tons of fun


Small painted envelope for Angela Behrendt, Germany

If depression knocks on your door, do not open the door


Small painted envelope for Fabrice Riviere in Belgium

I love Miss Tic and the mysthicism of the talking street


Small painted envelope for Kiera Pannell, Canada

He loved the blues so much he played the drums on her bum


Small painted envelope for Elana Pritchard, a cartoonist in the USA

donderdag 8 maart 2012

THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE = TO RECOGNIZE THE BLUE NOTES (OKAY?!) Les visiteurs


Small painted envelope for Fleur Helsingor, USA
Title results from a night of conversations with Colomba Vargas

THE POETRY PILGRIMAGE STARTS WHEN LANGUAGE DISAPPEARS


Small painted envelope mailed to Susan Gold in Canada
Title results from a night of conversations with Colomba Vargas

NEVER BE A SLAVE OF SOMEONE YOU HAVE LOVED aka LOVING YOU IS LIKE WORKING IN A CHAIN GANG


Small painted envelope for ARAC, Cara Harrison, USA
Title results from a night of conversations with Colomba Vargas

EVIL TODAY IS NOT THE BULLY WHO KICKS A DOG, IT IS THAT NICE SEDUCER WITH A SMILE


Small painted envelope for Art like Art, Sandra Lefever, USA
Title results from a night of conversations with Colomba Vargas

MANIFESTE CONTRE LA REPETION QUI SIGNIFIE L’ENNUI MORTEL


Small painted envelope for Jacky Charmouan, France but in Germany
Title results from a night of conversations with Colomba Vargas

LA PROSPERITE PERIME DE PROSPER MERIMEE, aka Carmen 2012, c’est la crise de l’amour


Small painted envelope for Janine Weiss in Switzerland
Title results from a night of conversations with Colomba Vargas

Dear Monique, gold does not grow in banks!




A4 painting for Monique Jany, Belgium