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Aloha. This blog includes: Painting; watercolor and acrylic - Drawing; ink, colored pencil, graphite - Digital drawing/painting, photography and occasionally other things. It is about my Art and Mail Art in a variety of formats and materials such as ATCs, postcards, paintings, mixed media, haiku, haiga, sketchbook and journal pages and some of the other 10,000 things. I welcome comments, information, questions and dialogue. CLICK images for larger views and Have Fun! Aloha, Wrick

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Friday, December 5, 2008

Postcard: Playful Cat with Secret Code

It's fun to incorporate mystery and challenge into works. In some cases I use simple codes or other devises as compositional elements and to add a sense of mystery as well as visual intrigue that can be explored by a viewer.

Playful Cat 1 0f 2 - 001
Watercolor & Ink
On Winsor & Newton
Cotman Water Colour (postcard) Paper
140 lbs ( 300gsm)
6 x 4 Inches

This is the first of two postcards that are very similar. Both postcards use a simple code in the image. The key to the code is then written on the back of the postcard in the message or address area.

Playful Cat Postcard Message & Address areas
with stamps and code key.

2 comments:

casadelospajarosTue Jan 20, 01:51:00 AM HST
Intriguing and reminds me of the code written on the back of the Billy Johnson carved fossil heads :)
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WrickTue Jan 20, 04:43:00 AM HST
life is so full of mystery. i think we sometimes ignore that mystery just to get on with our day. yet when we explore the mystery... the entire day becomes a day of awe. . . cool, yes. cool on Billy Johnson's caved fossil heads too. i remember them from Wisp! way cool on that!
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