Monthly Art: February 2011

Wonder Woman NYC. SOLD

Paper collage. 
8" x 5.25".
2011.

Mail Art: Halona Hilbertz to Shannon Miller, Jan. 2011

This collage employs 3 cut-outs from the "Hunky Men" 2009 calendar, 2 from the "Wonder Woman" 2010 calendar, 1 from the "Sinful Women" 2011 calendar; 2 cut-outs from January 2011 "Art + Auction" magazine, and 2 from the current NYC subway map.

Another New Mini Series! - Mail Art: Shannon Miller to Halona Hilbertz, Jan. 2011

I am very excited to add another Mail Art Mini Series to this blog, with artist Shannon Miller. Here is Shannon's first batch of thick, sensuous, neat postcards which I received yesterday. Of course I love the usage of NYC maps. Let's see what my response will be...

Monthly Art: January 2011

Man in the Moon.

Paper collage, glitter. 
5 7/8" x 5 3/4".
2011.

Mail Art: Halona Hilbertz to Kim Dawn, Jan. 1, 2011

These collages employ a photograph taken of my son by Birgit Krippner, gifted photographer & friend in New Zealand (www.birgitkrippner.com)...this specific photo is very dear to me. My collages have to do with observing how a baby starts making sense of his or her senses...and started with the pink paper I chose in response to the sensuality I saw in Kim Dawn's "Here I go" watercolor, shown in the previous blog (note eye and mouth in Kim's piece!).

New Mini Series! - Mail Art: Kim Dawn to Halona Hilbertz, Dec. 2010

Kim Dawn, a wonderful artist & friend I met years ago at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, asked if I wanted to repeat something we did when we moved apart: send Mail Art to each other. I love the surprising, impromptu back and forth of such an exchange; observing how the other's art informs one's own; having fun sending little pieces on their first travels. I asked Kim in turn if I could post the outcome on my blog...and here goes with Kim's first mail to me!