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NIPA
#15 - Issued 14Sept2003
In this fast paced world of ours, with email doing it's best to take top honors in the way
humans correspond with one another. There's still nothing better than receiving a card or
letter from a loved one. It usually always gives us cause to stop what we're doing, and
read the mail. The connotation used to emphasize this on the NIPA #15 FDC was:Communicating & Writing Are Skills
Correspondence Is An Art
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NIPA
#14 - Issued 12Feb2003
As luck would have it, besides wanting to have something special to send out on
Valentine's Day cards to some friends. NIPA #14 was the next number in sequence and
perfectly coincided with Valentine's Day and the 14th of February. FDC/Valentines went out
on the 12th of February to arrive at destinations on the 14th. (Stamp original printing date: 05Feb2003) |
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NIPA
#13 - Issued 18Jan2003
The image for NIPA #13 was actually a test shot to check our lighting setup during the
photographic session. But upon inspection of the image, everything was so
"right," we (the model, my assistant, and myself) knew that NIPA #13 would be
fabulous. We ended the day's photo session right then and there. |
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NIPA
#12 - Issued 18Jan2003
As with NIPA thirteen, NIPA #12 resulted from the final photograph made during the photo
session. Although the original image was made in color, it carries much more impact and
enhances the beauty of the model, I think, in black and white. But for the stamp, NIPA #12
coloration's were digitally manipulated for aesthetics of the faux postage stamp itself. |
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NIPA
#11 - Issued 18Jan2003
For that fleeting moment in time when you as a photographer can see the "pose"
developing and you know it's time to trip the shutter on the camera. So it was the day we
were photographing Tiffany for NIPA #11. Her youth, her beauty, and all elements for
composition of grace and feminine form were captured. Even the texture of the gown is
conveyed in the miniature image of the stamp. |
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NIPA
#10 - Issued 04Jan2003
A mail art deadline with the theme, Coffee, was fast approaching. So coffee was the theme
of the day when the models arrived. For the mail art call, the full image was used to make
a photo postcard with the stamp augmenting that. For the stamp, the original black and
white photograph was posterized, mirrored, and the coffee cup was cropped out for the
square stamp format. (FDC's for NIPA #10 were
issued on 18Jan2003 - Primarily printed on white, glossy dry-gum paper, NIPA #10 was also
issued on blue, orange, and goldenrod dry-gummed papers for Clemente Padin's Southern
Poste artistamp call, published in Uruguay.) |
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NIPA
#09 - Issued 28Dec2002
Form, light, and shadows depicted as they can only be in black and white was the concept
in the design and development of NIPA #9. The overall comments from other mail artists
have been; "..great ass!" While a collector of fine art made the comment one day
that I was trying to imitate the style of Helmut Schmitt. Until he said that, I had never
even thought about Schmitt's style of photography. I had to make a trip down to the
library to look for myself. View NIPA #9 First Day Cover |
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NIPA
#08a - Issued 01Dec2002
The black and white image of NIPA #8a was made months earlier than release of the stamp.
There really weren't any plans by me to make a stamp from the image, at least in 2002. But
at the request of the model, who I'd given one of the b&w prints to. She especially
liked the image and wanted a stamp for her own use on Christmas cards. NIPA #8a was then
issued as a limited edition. |
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NIPA
#08 - Issued 14Apr2002
Both stamps, NIPA #8 and #7 were results of the same photographic session. Which was
prioritized by an artists call for erotic postcards by Larry Reynolds (AKA Punwit). While
there were a few images lurking in the back of my mind for creating specifically for the
call. The photo session was also just to have fun with a variety of lighting techniques
and, all photographs were made in black and white. |
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NIPA
#07 - Issued 14Apr2002
NIPA #7, as noted above, was photographed in black and white. The image was colorized in
sepia for the stamp. It should also be noted that first day covers were not officially
sent out for NIPA #7 and #8. But several postcards made from clear, corrugated plastic
were mailed out to selected recipients, bearing both stamps. |
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NIPA
#06a - Issued 08May2002
In May of 2001, a friend and resident of Olathe, Ken Kast, joined forces with me to begin
producing a coyote call, a howler to be precise. Ken is a very fine craftsman in all that
he does. His workmanship on our howlers made from cow horn were nothing less than
magnificent. Thinking ahead on the day I photographed NIPA #6, I made sure that I had one
of our howlers with me and made the image that day for this stamp. Commemorating the first
year of production by Ken of what is, as you can plainly see, a fine work of art. |
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NIPA #06 - Issued 26Feb2002
The original photograph for NIPA #6 was made in late December of 2001. A mild, yet cool
and sunny day, just right for an outdoor photo session. To somewhat convey the feeling of
cold, NIPA #6 was converted from color to a monochromatic blue. Appropriate for release of
the stamp in February when winter is in full swing in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.The FDC's issued for NIPA #6 were primarily mailed to
members of the AMLP. Making a brief announcement on the BBS that anyone desiring one,
should merely respond with an email. But, I also advertised this as "double stamp
Wednesday." In bold, NIPA fashion, there was a second stamp released along with NIPA
#6 but never actually brought in to the NIPA series. You can view it here.
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NIPA
#05 - 15Feb2002
Because of several bouts with cancer by my best friend and spouse, Kathy Lou, over the
past 5 or 6 years. I've spent an enormous amount of time in San Diego, California enduring
more cancer surgeries than I care to think of. One day while killing time, I spent the
afternoon with my cameras at San Diego's Balboa Park. This ornate nude is part of one of
the buildings there and because it's apparently made from cement, the viewers eye is not
blinded by color and the form is extenuated by light and shadows. |
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NIPA
#04 - 15Feb2002 A very limited
edition artistamp designed especially for inclusion in Clemente Padin's Southern Post
artistamp call. Clemente, as you may know, terminated the Southern Post after years of
serving artistamp artists faithfully. |
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NIPA
#03 - Issued 19Jan2002
The image for NIPA #3 was made in the summer of 1974. But I wanted to do something with
the image, one of very few that survived time and life since '74. NIPA #3, made solely for
the fun of it can also be considered somewhat of an "error" stamp. In that I
mixed the Spanish and French words for mail art. In Spanish it should read Correo Arte
and, in French it should merely read Art de Postal. The stamp was re-released, slightly
smaller 2Jun2002. |
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NIPA
No. 2 - Issued 19Jan2002
The softness obtained in the original photograph made for NIPA #1 gives an aura of a
painting. So while I'd fulfilled my desire to use the original image with the photography
is art slogan, I still required something to fully inaugurate the NIPA artistamp series.
Taking the "it looks like a painting" thought into the digital darkroom, the
image was manipulated to appear more like a watercolor. Jas Felter, liked the stamp well
enough to include it in his collection at the 5-Cinq museum which he operates in
Vancouver, Canada. |
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NIPA
No. 1 - Issued 19Jan2002 The image
created for inaugurating the NIPA series had been floating around in my head for years. A
nude nymph, peeking around a tree in a mystical forest. Perhaps scavanging, frollicking,
or merely traversing the countryside. A desire of mine in the final execution of the image
was wanting to use Mother Nature's finest lighting in the great outdoors to give it a
surreal effect. When the day came to actually go out and attempt to create the photograph,
I decided I also wanted to add a little more complexity to the task. Shoot the photograph
with a digital camera. Which we did. Conventional transparencies were also made just to be
safe. But as has been a firm, lifelong belief of mine. If it's done right, photography
is art!
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