Linda French has been prolific and generous with her mail-art gifts. Yesterday brought me a sweet card and the front-side art is called "moons," for fairly obvious reasons.
The image is a collage of circular colorfully printed bits on a an equally colorful background all enhanced by twinkling and glittery little star. The back side is equally colorful, but in a different palette, with a nice little collaged divider strip between the message and address blocks. The color is really well handled in this piece. I believe Linda is making this work by "monoprinting" from a gelatin or silicone "Gelli" plate which she paints on with acrylic colors. It is a quick and fun way to develop colorful fields, but it is also very easy to wind up with muddy results. Linda's color-blending skills and gentle hand show through wonderfully in this piece, which she has further dressed up with a selection of older postage stamps and a bit of wisdom. Thank you much, Linda!
Beautiful!
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