This month, leading up to the Lawrence Jordan show, we want to feature a few collage artists we dig--- the first one being Brighton based Jon Howe who I met at the University of Washington 8 or so years ago. This series featured are collage mail posts sent to friends of the very endearing Mr JON.

here's a peak:







Jon Howe is a British artist living in Brighton, East Sussex. He graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from the University of Reading, U.K., in 1997 and an MFA in Sculpture from the School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A., in 2001. His work can also been seen at 'The Most-Wanted fine art gallery' in Pittsburgh, P.A., U.S.A. <> & at: <>

These images are from a large series of mixed-media collage postcards made between 1999 and 2009 (a mail-art project, sent through the postal service). I have been sending postcards since I was a child, especially when I was away on holiday. I continually collect collage materials, images on paper, posters, newspaper, packaging labels, stickers etc. My collage postcard series is based around a lose narrative, through the images & the ideas of colour / composition, packaging design / instructional advertising & the popular culture of international media / ethnicity / travel / tourism.) Also, I have started to translate them into paintings on canvas & as hand-coloured photolithographs.

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thanks Jon!