Tucson Mailbox Art

Here's another gorgeously-painted mailbox: white, covered with gardens full of clusters of flowers: I took the photo on January 31 —...

This gorgeous mailbox is covered with hand-painted scenes of quail in the desert... I waddled by (do quail waddle? :) on November 20th.

This white mailbox has hand-painted poppies: I rode by and stopped ( "I'm so sleepy, I can't ride anymore. Oh please, I have...

This white mailbox nas a red-and-blue design between the posts. Natural light replaces the white parts of this American flag. Ted Morri...

It looks like someone gets (or can get) a lot of mail! This tall rust-finished mailbox has a door at the top of the front side and plenty ...

There's already at least one blog entry saying “this box rocks!” so I'll spare you… :) This square black mailbox is in a cage-typ...

A white mailbox with multicolored design that I found on November 20th, 2015: I used my favorite free photo editor, GIMP , to brighten th...

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 ...