Sunday, July 11, 2010

SHAMBHALA NOR PROVISIONAL POSTAL SERVICES/ Jnanasagara: Oceanic Goddess/ CYBERSTAMPS/ A sheet of twenty-one faux postage stamps from the micronation of Shambhala Nor/ Digital art from Eric Whollem's 'Digital Fauvism' Series




Jnanasagara
Shambhala Nor Postal Services
2010
by Eric Whollem
digital art
Copyright by the artist

Ye-shes m'tsorgyal the Tibetan Wisdom Dakini
BUDDHIST AMERICAN FOLK ART STAMPS

Jnanasagara, or Sea Wisdom, is the Sanskrit designation
of Ye-shes m'tsorgyal, the famous female teacher of Tibet.
She was the consort of Padme Sambhava, a major teacher of
Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Ye-shes m'tsorgyal's book, 'Dakini
Teachings' was published a few years back by Shambhala Books
of Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.




A Map to Shamhala
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

For more about Kalapa and the Map to Shambhala see my post:



Blue Tara
SHAMBHALA NOR
2010
by Eric Whollem
a poster stamp for
Art Blog/Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

THE VIDEO BELOW
PRESENTS A SELECTION OF MY
STAMPS FROM
SHAMBHALA NOR

A video by Eric Whollem
Eric Whollem's Youtube Channel


DIGITAL SERIAL ART RENDERED IN THE FAUX POSTAGE MEDIUM



Jnanasagara
SHAMBHALA NOR
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

This sheet of twenty-one cyberstamps give us a good example
of the type of color and textural variations possible in the
digital medium. This block of eight stamps shows the detail of the
selvage design.

I have created stamps from Shambhala Nor since the year 2000.
Below is a sample design. See more stamps from Shambhala Nor
on the links below.

Rakshasa
SHAMBHALA NOR
2000
by Eric Whollem
gummed and perforated
faux postage stamp
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

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See my posts of faux postage stamps from SHAMBHALA NOR here:

This link will take you to my complete archive of FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/artistamps

A FEW OF MY  OTHER
STAMP VIDEOS:



Amphoran artistamp video                        



Artistamps from Atlantis video                     
   



Lemurian artistamp video.                         

The art in the Jnanasagara stamp sheet is an example of modern art that I have dubbed 'Digital Fauvism.'
See my post about Digital Fauvism on the link below:


The art above is related to the of serial art images with color and tonal variations.
This is a genre of modern art. See more Serial Art on these posts:

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN CYBERSTAMPS/ 'Digital Serial Art'/ A Penny Post Edition for 2010/ A block of four cinderella artist stamps from the micronation of Cantharidia




Penny Post
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Cinderella Stamps Featuring the Digital Serial Art of Eric Whollem
SOME REFERENCES TO MY NOVEL RAINBEETLE

This block of four stamps is enlarged for easier viewing.
It is a portion of a sheet of twelve faux postage stamps
from my fantasy country of Cantharidia.

For esotericists I present this link which gives definitive information on the Cantharidae beetles:
I have worked for years on my literary Magnum Opus, a novel entitled 'Rainbeetle.'

CANTHARIDIAN CYBERSTAMPS/ 'Serial Digital Art'/ A Penny Post Edtion for 2010/ A block of four cinderella artist stamps from a sheet of twelve digital images generated from a mixed media line drawing




Penny Post
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Images of the Artist's Muse
CANTHARIDIAN PENNY POST

This block of four stamps features serial digital imagery
based on a drawing of my Muse, who I have typified as an
inhabitant of the realm of Cantharidia since the 1970's, where
in my journals I described her as Madge (short for Imagination).

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See my previous post for more about Madge and Cantharidia:

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Friday, July 9, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN CYBERSTAMPS/ 'Digital Serial Art'/ A Penny Post Edition for 2010/ A strip of four cinderella artist stamps from a sheet of twelve




Penny Post
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Faux Postage Digital Art

This strip of four stamps from this Penny Post edition
from the micronation of Cantharidia is an example of the
digital art I have created during the last year.

To see the complete set of digital art images that I have posted see this link:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/digital%20art

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN CYBERSTAMPS/ 'Digital Serial Art'/ A Penny Post Edition for 2010/ FROM THE CINDERELLA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD, LOCATED IN THE MICRONATION OF CANTHARIDIA/ Fantasy Stamps by Eric Whollem





Penny Post
Royal Post Office of Cantharidia
2010
by Eric Whollem
digital art
Copyright by the artist

Digital Serial Art

The faux postage format is one of my favorite ways of
interpreting the multiple color and textural versions of
an image generated by digital means.


Love of Night
CANTHARIDIA
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE


Cantharidia is one of the numerous micronations that I have
developed over the years. Among these fantasy nations are
Shambhala Nor, Amphitritonia, Urissakzillia, Amphora,
Undinia, and the Republic of the Moon, most of which have
examples of their stamps on Art Blog/Eric Whollem.



A Map of Cantharidia
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST



The Love of Night is a cyberstamp from
my online collection of stamps from the Cantharidian Post Office.




The Love of Night
CANTHARIDIA
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST



Cyberstamps
THE CANTHARIDIAN POST

2001





The Love of Night
CANTHARIDIA
2010
by Eric Whollem
a sheet of cyberstamps
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST


Serial Art became popular in the sixties during the
'Pop Art' movement, when artists like Andy Warhol gave us
multiple images of commonplace objects like the Campbell's
soup can. Many of his portraits were done as serial art.
Serigraphy served well for the color variations in his serial
art, as the silk screen medium readily adjusts to changes
in ink color during the printing process.


Other serial artists include Constantin Brancusi and Josef
Albers. Sculpture as well as painting and printmaking are
mediums that lend themselves to serial imagery.


The Love of Night
CANTHARIDIA
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST


This is a video showing a set of stamps from CANTHARIDIA:




Below is another sheet of cyberstamps from Cantharidia,
which feature Thetis, the Goddess of the Sea. These stamps
allow me to show varieties of digital serial art. Tonal and
saturation variations are arranged in a faux postage format.



Thetis
CANTHARIDIA
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

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For more about Serial Art see:

To view my Cyberstamp gallery view this link:

To see my complete online gallery of Artistamps check out:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/artistamps



       Love of Night    
CANTHARIDIA   
2010    
by Eric Whollem    
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST       

To see just my other stamps from Cantharidia see:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/cantharidia

The video below is a sample of my other CINDERELLA STAMP VIDEOS:



Stamps of Merreminde                                  

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ Aphrodite's Emergence/ Two stamps and selvage design from a sheet of six faux postage Goddess stamps from the micronation of Cantharidia/ CYBERSTAMPS




Aphrodite's Emergence
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Two Cantharidian Stamps With Selvage Art by the Artist

These stamps are complemented by a line drawing showing a
mermaid resting in a great clam shell. This issue from the post
offices of the micronation of Cantharidia is dedicated to the Goddess
Aphrodite, who is famously associated with the clam by Botticelli.
She is described as 'born of the shell' in mythology and poetry, being
a Goddess of the Sea.


The Mythology of Aphrodite

Aphrodite is here shown in her first aspect as Pandemos, the virgin.
In her second aspect she is the Marina, the matron. Her third aspect
is the crone, Aphrodite Urania, the Goddess of Universal Love.

Her three aspects correspond to the colors white, red, and black, the
three colors traditonally ascribed to the Triple Goddess.

As the three Horae she was Tyche, Dike, and Nemesis and as the
Three Fates she was Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.

Her designation of Marina relates to the Fates, Moira and Moera.
A 'fate' or 'fay' or 'fey' originally was an oracular priestess.

_____________________________
BELOW IS A VIDEO WITH
MORE STAMPS FROM
CANTHARIDIA

ERIC WHOLLEM                                     


For more about Aphrodite see:

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CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ Aphrodite's Emergence/ A strip of three stamps from a sheet of six faux postage Goddess stamps/ CYBERSTAMPS




Aphrodite's Emergence
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Serial Images of Aphrodesian Faux Postage

This strip of three stamps is from as sheet of six cinderella
stamps created for the postal services of the micronation of
Cantharidia.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

A CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMP/ Aphrodite's Emergence/ A stamp from a sheet of six faux postage Goddess stamps from the micronation of Cantharidia/ A CYBERSTAMP




Aphrodite's Emergence
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist



Aphrodite's Shell: Classical Traditions

For a view of a classical image of Aphrodite, wherein the artist utilized the
form of a canopied drape to suggest the shape of a seashell see this link:

CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ Aphrodite's Emergence/ A SHEET OF SIX FAUX POSTAGE GODDESS STAMPS/ Cyberstamps from the micronation of Cantharidia




Aphrodite's Emergence
Cantharidian Postal Services
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

A Sheet of Six Stamps Honoring Aphrodite

Cantharidia's postal issues very frequently depict imagery
and issues relating to the sea. Aphrodite is among the foremost
aquatic divinities of the ancient Greeks. She is shown here in
these designs emerging from a great clam shell.

All the graphic embellishments to this sheet of stamps were
created by the artist.

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Monday, July 5, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN CYBERSTAMPS/ Krater of the Whale Women/ DIGITAL ART/ A sheet of faux postage stamps from the micronation of Cantharidia/ AN AQUATIC ALLEGORY




Krater of the Whale Women
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

From a Sheet of Nine Cinderella Stamps

This stamp is from my ongoing digital art explorations, which
began in 2009, with my inauguration into the world of computers.



Krater of the WhaleWomen
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
digital art
Copyright by the artist

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CANTHARIDIAN CYBERSTAMPS/ 3 pence post/ ROYAL POST OFFICE OF THE MICRONATION OF CANTHARIDIA/ Krater of the Whale Women/ AN ALLEGORY OF PLENITUDE FROM THE MUSES OF THE SEA




Krater of the Whale Women
Royal Post Office of Cantharidia
2010
by Eric Whollem
digital art
Copyright by the artist

An Inverse Digital Image

One of the simplest ways to generate new color variations is
to create a negative of one's digital art in progress. The results
are not always agreeable; but often the results are visually
appealing.

BELOW IS A VIDEO
OF MY STAMPS FROM
CANTHARIDIA

                                 ERIC WHOLLEM

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See more posts on CANTHARIDIA:

THE STAMPS BELOW
ARE A FEW OF
MY CANTHARIDIAN
FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS
(COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST)

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE







Sunday, July 4, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ The Selkie/ CYBERSTAMPS/ A block of four mermaid faux postage stamps from the micronation of Cantharidia/ DIGITAL ART BY ERIC WHOLLEM/ Clean Water for the Planet




The Selkie
Cantharidian Royal Post Office
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Selkie Stamps From Cinderella Printing House, Ltd., Based in the Micronation of Cantharidia
CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET

These stamps are from a sheet of sixteen stamps issued by the
Cantharidian Royal Post Office. Cantharidia is a micronation, or
fantasy country, whose postage stamps are dedicated to environmental
issues of importance to selkies and marine animals.

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Saturday, July 3, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ The Selkie/ A block of four faux postage mermaid stamps from a sheet of sixteen/ CYBERSTAMPS/ Clean Water For the Planet





The Selkie
Cantharidian Royal Post Office
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Mermaid Faux Postage Stamps From Cantharidia
CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET

These are cyberstamps promoting the visualization
of positive resolution of ecological disasters on earth.

A selkie is the Celtic designation for mermaid. In my
posts on 'mermaids' there are numerous articles about
the selkies.

See:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/selkies

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Friday, July 2, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ The Selkie/ CYBERSTAMPS/ a block of four stamps from a sheet of sixteen faux postage mermaid stamps promoting the visualization of Clean Water For the Planet





The Selkie
Cantharidian Royal Post Office
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Cyberstamps From Cantharidia
CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET

A cyberstamp is a stamp that exists only on a computer file,
being unissued in physical format. The genre is related to that
of artistamps, being a form of faux postage or cinderella material.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ The Selkie/ CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET/ cyberstamps/ A BLOCK OF FOUR FROM A SHEET OF SIXTEEN FAUX POSTAGE MERMAID STAMPS




The Selkie
Cantharidian Royal Post Office
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Cyberstamps From the Micronation of  Cantharidia
CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET

These stamps are part of Cantharidia's stamp series
celebrating the visualization of clean oceans and rivers
and lakes.

Monday, June 28, 2010

CANTHARIDIAN ARTIST STAMPS/ Thetis: Goddess of the Sea/ CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET/ cyberstamps/ Mermaid Faux Postage





Thetis
Cantharidian Postal Service
2010
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist

Cyberstamps for 2010
CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET

A 'cyberstamp' is a stamp that only exists online, not having
yet been printed on paper. They are a form of artistamp, or
artist stamp, being of the genre of faux postage stamps or
cinderellas.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

BECKONING FROM THE SEA/ mixed media digital art/ MERMAID ART/ Clean Water For the Planet





                                      Beckoning From the Sea
                                      2010
                                      by Eric Whollem
                                      mixed media digital art
                                                               Copyright by the artist

A Mermaid's Prayer:
CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET

This image is another of my more 'realistic' images of
the mermaid form, a mixed media drawing, enhanced
by digital means.

During recent years I have dedicated a number of my
works to the ideal of 'CLEAN WATER FOR THE PLANET.'
Perhaps to some this may be very idealistic, especially as
we have entered into a time period when toxins in the water
are on everyone's mind, and people are seeking a practical
solution to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, etc.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

FAUX POSTAGE SCIENCE FICTION STAMPS/ aphrodite born of the shell/ REPUBLIC OF THE MOON/ a protocommemorative stamp issued by the Lunar Postal Administration




Aphrodite Born of the Shell
Republic of the Moon
2000
by Eric Whollem
edition of 100, plus ten artist's proofs
Copyright by the artist

Aphrodite Born of a Conch Shell

Botticelli's famous painting of the birth of Aphrodite
sees her born of a clam shell. The legend has been modified
on the Moon, where the postal administration of the lunar
republic sees the goddess born of a conch.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

FAUX POSTAGE SCIENCE FICTION STAMPS/ cherries for cinderella/ REPUBLIC OF THE MOON/ an icon from the lunar temple/ A PROTOCOMMEMORATIVE OF THE RETURN OF THE HARPIES





Cherries For Cinderella
2000
by Eric Whollem
Republic of the Moon
Edition of 100, plus ten artist's proofs
Copyright by the artist

Orphic Iconography in the Stamps From the Moon

Excerpts from the writings of Quantus Qwo
Postmaster General of the Republic of the Moon

Amongst the Loonar propensities reflected in the stamp issues
of our noble Republic, is the desire to preserve the rites of earthly
antiquity.

A few observations on this stamp's symbology:

Here the mysterious Medusa is flanked by two harpies, protectors of
the Orphic Rites. Those not initiated into the mysteries perhaps
will never quite comprehend how Medusa has been transformed into
Cinderella. This is as it should be, as that which is arcane is best
preserved by mystery expressed in terms of mystery. Are philatelists
alone among those who may have penetrated this Mystery?

Friday, May 28, 2010

FAUX POSTAGE SCIENCE FICTION STAMPS/ lunar liberty 22 asteris/ REPUBLIC OF THE MOON/ a tableau of the loonese script




Lunar Liberty
2000
Republic of the Moon
by Eric Whollem
Edition of 100, plus ten artist's proofs
Copyright by the artist

The Digital Script of the Loonese

Notes from the text of Quantus Qwo's Treatise on Lunar Civilization

It was the noble Cudley, first postmaster general of the Republic of the
Moon, who developed the digital alphabet depicted on this 22 Asteri
stamp. He allegedly developed the alphabet utilizing an antique DOS
system word  processor that was brought to the moon as scrap metal
in the twenty second century.