All About Trading - ArtTrader Magazine

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How did you discover ATCs and Mail Art? What kind of impact have they had on your life as an
artist?
Randi: I was a member of a group called EBSQ. They had monthly challenges and feature groups,
and one time they featured the ATC. I had just returned from one of my visits to the Hotel Chelsea and
wanted to do something with my photographs. I have always painted so large, and I’d already decided
to do something small. This would be a double challenge for me. One: That this work would have no
figure in it; and Two: They would be small instead of large. It was at this time I discovered the ATC group.
I didn’t join in over at EBSQ; I went to my Chelsea photos and started drawing. I was obsessed! As time
went by, I found the ATC group online and joined. It was at that time that I noticed the group projects
and theme trades. I started joining them to challenge myself and to learn. Over the years, I can’t stress
how much I’ve learned and how my work has grown from joining this group and the theme trades! I will
not only join theme trades that I love and are fun for me, I join at least one that is challenging to me.
The most recent was one called Beautiful Trees. It was amazing and I felt my imagination grow as I was
working on it. And not only that, but to see all the other styles and methods the other ATC artists use to
solve their own challenges has taught me so much. I can’t stress how encouraging, enlightening, and
inspiring this group has been for me!
Find Randi on the web at:
The Arcane Harvest
www.randimarx.com