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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 21 augustus 2011

NOSTALGIE CHROMATIQUE



Small painted envelope I mailed to Liza Leyla, my partner in poetic crime in Belgium. Based on one of her books and these lines:
"L'abandon des souvenirs découvre
le retour des désirs enterrés
depuis ce passé lointain
où les astres nous guidaient"
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DUNE



Small painted envelope I mailed to John M Bennett, USA.
Inspired by the classic Sci Fi novel of Frank Herbert, movie adaptation by David Lynch (not one of his best).
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L'OUBLIETTE DU SOMMEIL OU LA LUNE FACE A SA MORT



Small painted envelope I mailed to Susan Gold in Canada.
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THE ZOMBIE FROG, QUEEN OF THE SWAMPS



Small painted envelope I mailed to Eric Bruth in France. He has projects on frogs and cows.
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donderdag 18 augustus 2011

ASEMIC ENVELOPES








Envelopes containing my own Asemics
For De Villo Sloan, USA
For Lisa Iversen, USA
For "E", Utopian Embassy, France
For Mary Anne, UK
For Rob Grant, Australia
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FOCUS ON SOME OF THE INTIMATE DREAM CELLS OF MY SLEEPING BRAIN



Large painted envelope I mailed to Reed Altemus, USA
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WORLD DOODLE BLUES




Pen drawing on small envelope I mailed to Barbora Civinova, Czech Republic
Added watercolors as stage 2
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A TRIBUTE TO LORCA





Small painted envelope for Theresa Ann Aleshire Williams, USA

And Papercut around the poem "Romance of the moon, moon"
Fragment:
"Runaway moon, moon, moon.
When the gypsies come
they will make from your heart
white bracelets and rings.
Child, let me dance.
When the gypsies come
they will find you
on the anvil with closed eyes.
Runaway moon, moon, moon.
I can already hear their horses."

(translation/adaptation G.V.)


Comment by Lynda Jo Thornbrugh, USA, on IUOMA (on the papercut)
This is one of my absolute favorite pieces of art on this site. My stomach feels funny, its that good. The color, composition, poem. Beautiful.
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WILD IS THE WIND



Small painted envelope I mailed to Yvonne Neidel, Germany
Inspired by a Nina Simone song
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THIS IS WHAT I'M AFRAID OF & NOT



Small painted envelope for Laura Podob, USA.
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LET'S ... OH, I FORGOT (on memory loss in contemporary society)



Small painted envelope for Kiera Pannell, Canada
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L'ENVOL DE L'ÂME



Small painted envelope for "E", Utopian Embassy, France
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POEM AT THE SHORE



Small painted envelope I mailed to Sandra Pinon, France.
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dinsdag 16 augustus 2011

GABRIEL



Large painting for the 5th anniversary of Gabriel, who passed away when he was 4.
For his family in the USA. Photo of painting by Superhero.
I realized this painting on his birthday, August 7.
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zondag 14 augustus 2011

THE WOLF & THE HUNGRY SEA DEVIL



Small painted envelope I mailed to Elle Taan in Singapore.
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STAGES OF PHYSICAL ECSTASY



Small painted envelope I mailed to Ken Powers, USA.
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OCTOPUS'S GARDEN



Small painted envelope for Mary-Alice, USA
Based on a Beatles' song
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MAMMOTH SADNESS



Small painted envelope I mailed to Bobby Vegar, USA.
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HERE COMES THE SUN



Small painted envelope for Louise Kiner, Canada
Based on a Beatles' song
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BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S



Small painted envelope I mailed to Svenja Wahl, Germany
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zaterdag 13 augustus 2011

THE HEN'S NIGHTMARE, OR HER SECRET DREAM



Small painted envelope I mailed to Thom Courcelle, USA.
Inspired by a poem from The book of nightmares, Galway KInnell.
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THE GREEN MANALISHI



Small painted envelope I mailed to _Guroga in Venezuela
Based on a classic pop song by Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac
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