JUNGLE RADIANCE / $9.5 million for 1 round inch of paper

+SACRED SEEDS+

>in the autumn of 1969 when i assumed my<

>teaching position at sdsu i needed to send<

+(JOHN & TANIA MESSINA+

+FRED & ROBIN BEEMAN+

+CLARENCE  LAUGHLIN+ 

+WALKER PERCY)+  etc

>correspondence to my louisiana friends<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

+TO COMMUNICATE W/ ARTISTIC+

+POETIC STRENGTH I UTILIZED+

>(this was prior to the major<

>u.s. mail art movement)<

+XEROX COLLAGE PACKETS+

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                     
 >this is an example of a correspondence art<
>collage from 1970 sent to nola friends and<
+(COLOR XEROGRAPHY+
+NOT YET AVAILABLE)+
>exhibited in several mail art exhibitions<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the favored alchemy/lexicon of my collage<
>was afro-french louisiana tropic, organic<
(+THIS ALCHEMY FUELED+
+MY RADIANT DESIGNS)+
>w/ cosmic, mexico & west indies links<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the explorers gift shop on chartres st in the<
>vieux carre was a block from our perry /<
+(EXPLORERS GIFT SHOP+
+1ST OF 3 V.C. PROJECTS)+
>saulet early vieux carre creole home<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >voudou like okra and jazz music represent<
>the essence of afro-french tropic vision &<
+(READ VOODOO IN NEW+
+ORLEANS BY TALENT)+
>i recommend "voodoo in new orleans"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >a later correspondence art collage after<
>color xerography became available is<
+(GULF COAST / 1962-1992= /+
+ORGANIC METAPHYSICS)+
>rich w/ french gulf coast organic refs<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>this round inch of ruinous guiana jungle<
>paper, just sold for 9.5 million dollars<
+(BRITISH GUIANA= /+
+$9.5 MILLION INCH)+ !
>to a passionate tropical graphic fanatic<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >watermelon organic spheroids like gourds<
>are the perfect symbols of fast growing<
+(NEW ORLEANS CREOLE+
+SPHERICAL TREASURE)+
>nola tropic vines (kudzu take the cake)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>french colonial bungalow living is perfect<
>reflection of the french tropic syndrome<
+(FRENCH TROPIC VISION{
+/ METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>/ new orleans, west indies and lajolla<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >this tropical stockade 18th C."chouachas"<
>kings concession of dumont de montigny<
+(KING'S TROPICAL JUNGLE+
+CONCESSIONS S. OF NOLA)+
>was near the degruy jungle concession<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the gruy lost their concession to oil interests<
>but in 1960 i bought a sansouci forest 1/2<
+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
+WAS BORN IN this STUDIO)+
>acre to build our first glazed studio home<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >in 1995 i designed several tropical pavilions<
>as part of a prototype "eco mundo" resort<
+(TROPICAL PROTOTYPE+
+JUNGLE BUNGALOW)+
>on gulf of california near mulege mexico<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>tropical yucatan jungle color radiance is<
>the focal essence of a collage made w/<
+(MEXICAN RADIANCE+
+/ JUNGLE COLLAGE)+
>color xerography in my later oeuvre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >my favorite yucatan jungle archaeological<
>photo by alice dixon le plongeon of her<
+(AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON+
+W/ HIS CHAKMOOL FIND)+
>clairvoyant husband w/ the chakmool<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+IT WAS THE FAMED VIEUX CARRE+
+ART EXPERT LARRY BORENSTEIN+
>(my flabbergasted eyes viewed an<
>attic full of stolen mayan pieces)< !
+WHO SHOWED HIS SMUGGLED+
+YUCATAN TREASURES TO ME+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus. sdsu