For a period of thirty years Marten Post worked as artist and teacher in the vibrant international
multi cultural community of Atlantic College in Wales. He received postcards from all corners of
the globe addressed to him and his family.
Being aware of the importance of recycling he started to use the cards to mix paint and try out different
marks. The small glossy surfaces proved to be excellent painting palets and also resulted in changing
the initial image.
In a flash of inspiration he saw that his name encompassed the word
art
and
post
,
The idea of the m
art
en
post
card© was born.
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art
enpostcard
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