Playing catch-up: incomings from Linda French, Neil Gordon

Wowser, I just realized it's been a while since I've posted the beauties I find in my mailbox, so today there will be two posts. This one is about two singular pieces. First one arrived from Linda French in a fat envelope with a lot of other stuff, but the other stuff was mostly nifty snipped items to cheer me up and fortify me for the ongoing wait to be mobile once again. {Speaking thereof, I will be seeing my surgeon tomorrow, and if he doesn't release me from this hard cast on my leg I intend to be supremely, and loudly, annoyed!}

It's a very colorful and expressive non-representative work on paper. My guess is a monotype, or, more likely, a monoprint using acrylics, perhaps on a Gelli plate or similar. I like the layering of the translucent pigments. A fun piece for sure. Linda, your artwork was much more cheering than the cartoon snips. Thanks much!

Next is a recent arrival from Neil Gordon. I was happy to see that one in the mail, because I last received a piece from Neil a bit more than a year ago and I just realize that I have never returned that favor. Well, except for a special-occasion bananagram sent last week, but I owe him, and I'm happy to see he's still corresponding with me.

Neil's gift is a collage made on a vintage postcard of the famous image of Edwin Aldrin's mirrored visor reflecting the image of Neil Armstrong taking his picture. The location: Tranquility Base. The date: 7/20/1969.  Can such an image be topped? Of course it can. This is mail art, after all, and Neil has done so with a hint of cheesecake and a refreshing beverage that seems suited to relieving the symptoms of delirium tremens. A very cool card, Neil. I might even call it "far out!" Thanks. Now watch for your banana, sir.