The Cricketer

I've had this postcard for so long, it was hard to part with. Bought at a museum during a trip to Chicago.

 

"Barry Flanagan, The Cricketer, 1989, 186" x 72" x 72," bronze. From the exhibition, Horses, Rabbits, Elephants . . . and People Everywhere, presented by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, May 3 through October 30, 1996, in Grant Park, Chicago.

 

I wrote a quote:

 

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." - William G.T. Shedd

 

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Mailed early 2016

Poppies

Postcard from The Art of Women postcard book

Ellen Robbins (American, 1828-1905)

Poppies, 1888

Watercolor on paper, 23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.

Sent to Galina in Russia!
12 March 2016

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Man and Woman with Bridge

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John Baldessari

Man and Woman with Bridge, 1984

Collaged Black & White Photographs, 14 1/2" x 48"

Sonnabend Gallery, New York

Sent off to Federica in Italy, may she love it as much as I do.

PS. any interesting interpretations on this?

Abandoned Cottage

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Postcard from the Art of Women

Virginia Berresford (American, 1902-1995)

Abandoned Cottage (Country Galway), 1968

Oil on Canvas, 25 x 32 in.

Sent to Germany 3/12/2016

Floral Hedgehog

A hedgehog to Russia

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I picked up a pack of floral animal postcards at Ikea quite a while ago. Isn't this little guy adorable?!

d'Anvers

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Albert Cahen d'Anvers, 1881

Oil on Canvas, 79.8 x 63.7 cm

The J. Paul Getty Museum, 88.PA.133

sent to Lily in South Korea

Summer Sunlight

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Summer Sunlight, ca. 1936
Beatrice Whitney Van Ness (American, 1888 - 1981)
Oil on canvas
National Museum of Women in the Arts

sent to Melody Mint in Thailand, who asks what is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Thailand? May answer: it is a place I would like to visit one day.

Check out this page for more on Van Ness...

Ranchos Church by Georgia O'Keeffe

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Ranchos Church
Circa 1930, by Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887 - 1986). Oil on canvas, 24x36 inches. at The Phillips Collection in Washington DC

sent to Anthony in Canada! He asked for music recommendations, so of course I wrote him Big Mama Thornton, my favorite blues artist. I've also been listening to a lot of latin pop lately, like Pierdo la Cabeza and Sigueme te Sigo.

My Shanty, Lake George, 1922

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My Shanty, Lake George, 1922
by Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887 - 1986). Oil on canvas, 20x27 inches. at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Sent to Yan in Hong Kong. I absolutely love her writing prompt: "For me, image is powerful. So I wish you can send me a postcard with your drawing instead of only words. It would be fun. I will do the same thing when I send post card. You can draw everything, such as your hobbies, your pet, your mood, first thing in your mind.....There are no right or wrong, good or bad. Just a drawing."

I drew a little map on the back showing where I grew up... in a barn (hence the postcard)

That prompt on swap-bot would be great I think.

Blue Still Life

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To Hanyu_Tsan in Taiwan. (6900 miles!)

Blue Still Life, 1989
by Anne Shreve (American, b. 1926)
Oil on canvas
From my "The Art of Women" book of postcards.

Quick PC to Cali

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Niasvizh Palace

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The view of the Entrance Gate of the Niasvizh Palace. Painting by Irina Kotova

 

IRL:

 

 

Another post about a postcard of this palace

 

The stamp:

I love it when postcrossers give me their return address! Then I can tagback:

View of Denver. I bought this postcard at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science over 5 years ago

 

 

Georgia

A Georgia O'Keeffe postcard to Georgia in Ohio

Do this:  Send Kids The World

The Cricketer

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The Cricketer, 1989, bronze by Barry Flanagan. From the exhibition Horses, Rabbits, Elephants . . . and People Everywhere, presented by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, May 3 - October 30, 1996 in Grant Park, Chicago

Sent to Portugal! A place I would like to visit

Iris, Tulips, Jonquils, and Crocuses, 1969

This recepient stated that she like patterns, so I sent her a postcard of the painting by Alma Thomas

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Alligator Pears in a Basket

Alligator Pears in a Basket - Charcoal on paper by Georgia O'Keeffe

 

 

Sent this to the Netherlands!

 

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Prosper d'Epinay

I received a postcard from Mila in Belarus, via postcrossing:

stamp!

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Mila is a medical student. She was listening to "The Promise - Secret Garden" whilst writing this card. Mila loves October and Autumn (me too!), classical music and 30 Seconds to Mars.

Strusta Lake - according to the map, this is somewhere near Mila :)

Swap-bot Books - 4 months later

One of my previous posts here was a list of my Top 10 books I sent for a swap. I found this postcard from rklover:

We both had JK Rowling and Tamora Pierce!

Swap-bot Top 10 #5: Food (Ingredients)

I sent this one to ATCfan:

here's the back, with my list of top 10 ingredients:

And here's what I got from Mamabemus, A cupcake postcard!!

Her list:

The only thing we had in common was tomatoes :)