Tucson Mailbox Art

Quail and wildflowers cover this mailbox with a stuccoed post. David Aber found it. He wrote about it — and the previous two mailboxes: “...

This mailbox “post” is showing some wear (and is the box itself tagged?). I think it's the biggest post I've seen. Actually, David ...

David Aber spotted this amazing creation on February 16. More boxes from him in the next few entries…

I'm on the road with my laptop computer. It went into a bizarre cycle of trying to fix itself, giving up, trying to fix again, and…. I f...

David Aber sent these photos. (Thanks!) He wrote: “Here’s a mailbox I found on S. 8th Ave. that is in the shape of a cathedral. It’s betwe...

David Aber found this mailbox with a house-shaped top and a huge “post” underneath. (These folks can get a lot of mail!)

David Aber emailed this photo of a rust-finished mailbox in a Southwestern style… on top of a post that matches the wall behind it: Thank...

David Aber sent photos of this mailbox — and matching planters: David is a regular contributor to the Tucson Murals Project blog , but th...

On November 20th, I rode by this plain-vanilla mailbox with colorful tile on its post and underneath: The other side of the post is about...

You can't miss this red and white mailbox with numbers carved alongside the post! I was blinded :) as I rode by on November 20, so...

Riding my bike by on November 20th, I couldn't miss this mailbox on a peace sign-shaped “post”: That side of the box is painted with ...

When I drove by this home on the route of the fall artists’ open studios tour November 14th, the scene looked as if an artist lives here: ...

Along my route on the fall 2015 artists’ open studios tour, one artist had this mailbox out front with a tour sign hung over it: Those ar...

It looks like the Mann Family have roots in Montana and Arizona: Thanks, Brady and Celia... I snapped their mailbox photo on November ...

Here's the fourth of four mailboxes in the three blocks of this little street: I've read that Sesame Street characters have been ...

This short section of Desert Avenue just north of 6th Street has lots of mailboxes. Here's the third of the series: I was there on No...

Here's a black box with a yellow flower and the house number on both sides: This is one of several mailboxes I found on Desert Avenue...

Let's start a sunny, warm January day with the sun (and the moon) on a plain gray mailbox — painted by a young artist, I'm guessing:...

There's no was I could I miss this red mailbox with white flowers as I rolled along Lee Street. (By the way, Lee is a great east-west bi...

We usually don't show mailboxes with posts made of chain . But this black box is too different — at least, I haven't seen anything...

Here's a mailbox with blue-green desert plants on a lavender background and a snake-shaped flag... The other side and the front are f...

This gorgeous handpainted mailbox popped out along my early-morning bike ride November 7th. But the lighting — spots of bright sunshine and ...

This cheery blue mailbox — with touches of red and a light-green post and door — made me feel at home on October 26, 2015.

This plain gray mailbox is covered with stencils (?) of horses. I galloped by (on my bicycle) October 26th.

Let's start the new year at a mailbox decorated for one of places — the Orient. (It's west of the International Date Line, which me...

As I ride my bike around Tucson looking for artistic mailboxes, from time to time I realize that a clever design I first spotted a while ba...

I noticed this mailbox on October 25th, while I was visiting an artist on one of the fall Open Studios Tours. The post is made from a (for...

I spotted this Halloween-themed mailbox — surrounded by cobwebs — (naturally enough) just before Halloween. For some reason, I forgot to sho...

This whale of a mailbox even has a canoeist as the flag (which you can see in the first photo below): I floated by on October 25th.

One side of this mostly lavender and blue-greenish box has a tidy tile number sign on the post. The number on the other side is made wit...