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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)

vrijdag 18 maart 2011

LA DIFFERENCE DES MAINS EST EMOUVANTE



Intervention on a mail art envelope mailed to Elementary school in France for project "Quel regard sue les handicaps dans le monde".
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

QUETZALCOATL



Intervention on a mail art envelope mailed to Elementary school in France for a project on Mexico.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

woensdag 16 maart 2011

DE EENZAME KONING



Intervention on a large mail art envelope I mailed to Anke van den Berg in Belgium for her project "The King". Painting accompanied by poem in Dutch:

GELAAGDE REVOLUTIE
*Voor Anke*


De eenzame koning
had zijn kroon verloren
bij de opstand van de dageraad.

Beklagenswaardig was
deze vorst zonder volk
niet.

Zijn hobby's werden nu
het verzamelen van oude koekendozen,
tragische foto's van eelt op de ziel
& verzilverde lokfluitjes in het riet.

Bij het vallen van de avondklok
wandelde hij zonder praalgewaad
door de ontbladerde bossen
van zijn gesloopt kasteel
om zich in 't geniep
te verdrinken in het moeras
van de zwavelrepubliek.




Guido Vermeulen
15 maart 2011
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

THE DANCING KING (NOT AN ABBA SONG)



Intervention on a large mail art envelope I mailed to Meg Taney Founds in the USA.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

THE ABDICATION OF THE LONELY MONARCH



Intervention on a large mail art envelope I mailed to Laurence Roberts in the UK.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

L'EXPLOSION NUCLEAIRE = CALCIUM + VITAMINE D3




Intervention on a large mail art envelope I mailed to Bruno Sourdin in France.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

UNITY OF DIVERSITY, DIVERSITY OF UNITY



Intervention on a large mail art envelope I mailed to Serse Luigetti in Italy.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

For Miranda Vissers



Intervention on a small standard mail art envelope I mailed to Miranda Vissers in The Netherlands.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

For Valentine Mark Herman



Intervention on a small standard mail art envelope I mailed to Valentine Mark Herman in France.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

For Simon Warren



Intervention on a small standard mail art envelope I mailed to Simon Warren in the UK.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

For Lino Foffano



Intervention on a small standard mail art envelope I mailed to Lino Foffano in Italy.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

maandag 21 februari 2011

THE PRICE OF COAL IS SIMILAR TO FRIENDLY FIRE



Intervention on a large envelope, mailed to Ottmar Bergmann in Sweden as a contribution to the project "Working Worlds, Black Gold".
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

WATCHING THE CLOUD CHASER



Intervention on a large envelope, mailed to Silvia Soares in Portugal.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

THE LOVE FOR ANIMALS OR AN ATTEMPT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ART AND LIFE



Intervention on a large envelope, mailed to Linda Pelati in Italy.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

HEUREUSEMENT QUE "LES PATRONS" NE SAVENT PAS LICENSIER LES NUAGES, LE CIEL, LES OISEAUX, LA PLUIE, LA VERDURE, L'ORANGE ET L' ARC EN CIEL



Intervention on a large envelope, mailed to Eric Bensidon in France.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

FROM THE BLASTS OF THE EARTH STRANGE CREATURES ERRUPTED NOBODY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE



Intervention on a large envelope, mailed to Bruno Sourdin in France.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

FOR TOKI SAYURI



Intervention on a small standard envelope, mailed to Toki Sayuri in Japan.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

FOR DEBORAH DAVIDSON



Intervention on a small standard envelope, mailed to Deborah Davidson in Japan.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

maandag 7 februari 2011

I WRITE MY VERSES WITH AIR



Intervention on a mail art envelope, connected with this short poem:

Fallen Madonna

So slow the night moved my heartbeat nearly
stopped
I dreamt about wings on fire in a bright orange
sky
Centuries ago a poet on an island threw a boomerang
from labyrinth earth towards open sea
Now the blue memory of a scattered sentence returned to me:
"I write my verses with air" (*)


(*) verse by Sappho

Mailed as contribution to the project Mail2Maastricht in the Netherlands, curator is Rod Summers.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

KING OF FOOLS



Intervention on a mail art envelope, mailed to Anke van den Berg in Belgium as contribution to her project on THE KING.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

LA VIE MODE D'EMPLOI, un hommage à Georges Perec



Intervention on a mail art envelope, mailed to Pascal Minart in France.
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:

SADNESS IS MY MIDDLE NAME, STRAY CAT VERSION



Intervention on a mail art envelope, mailed to Laurence Roberts in the UK
Gepost door op Geen opmerkingen:
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