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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 30 juni 2011

IN THE SINGING CORNERS OF MY MIND: FEAR (s)



A large painted envelope I mailed to Maria Fedorchuk in Russia, inspired by the song FEAR (Lily Allen). Some people are surprised I like Lily Allen, she's a pop idol with "jolly sounding songs" but if you listen to the lyrics you know she's a F ****** "submarine". She does social satire on a grand scale. The song FUCK YOU is an uppercut to the Bush administration and to all bigots and racists (but the music is pleasant and nice and happy even). The song Fear beats any Madonna lyrics.
Some lines here:
I want to be rich and I want lots of money
I don't care about clever
I don't care about funny
I want loads of clothes and fuckloads of diamonds
I heard people die while they're trying to find them
I'll take off my clothes and it will be shameless
Cause everyone knows that's how you get famous
and so on

My advise is not only to dance to Lily Allen songs but also to listen to her words, she's better today than Bob Dylan in his quest for a christian god, folks.
Lily is a rebel goddess with humor and that's how I like them !!
Oh yes, Maria has a project on "Music Lovers for Mail Art" and started a group on IUOMA around that idea.
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