Tucson Mailbox Art

Here's a closeup of one side of this hand-painted box: Next, the other side. I notice two things about it. First, the scene on the ma...

As the expression goes: When pigs have wings… Maybe the Silva family knows something we don't? :) David Aber flew by this gem (and...

David Aber calls that one the Orcabox (because of the swimming orca). He wrote that the owner saw him photographing the mailbox and came ou...

Even through David Aber says he doesn't go looking for especially creative mailboxes, he sure finds them! This plain box with a tiki ...

I'll bet that a child painted this deep blue mailbox with cats, a sun, and green something-or-others. The other side, and the front, ...

I found this mailbox with a political theme on March 23rd.

This fun mailbox is along the top of a wall at the north side of the complex (the front side, along 28th Street): It's not actually u...

This mailbox is an amazing hodge-podge. The front of the cinder-block post has bluish tiles in different patterns. On the top edge, a gre...

Third in our series of mailboxes along a block or so of South Meyer Avenue is this decrepit old box with three house number plates hangin...

Next in the series of mailboxes on the 500 block of South Meyer Avenue (here's the first ) is this one overflowing with mail. This was ...

For some reason, neighbors on this block have some fun mailboxes by their doors. (The Barrio Viejo is a creative part of town.) On the left ...

The mailbox matches the colors of the window and door of the house. Here's the other side: I took the photos on December 22, 2016.

This arch-shaped mailbox post is turquoise colored, covered with colored tiles. There's a matching tile serape on the wall. There are...

Someone did an incredible amount of detail work to turn a mailbox into an old jalopy, then mount it on a saguaro “post”! The flag is hooked...

Those desert scenes with saguaro, mountains, and a sunset (or sunrise?) are from David Aber on April 24th.

You probably aren't surprised that David Aber named this “Horsebox.” To make this even better, here's the other side — with a rea...

That mailbox is one of the type you can't pin down exactly. David Aber (who sent the photos on April 13th) saw it as a truck. When I sa...

We usually don't show saguaro mailboxes/posts here . But, as David Aber wrote: “Its sheer size and gaping maw caught my attention.” I...

David Aber told me recently that, when he's headed somewhere, he takes different routes each time he can. That explains why he finds so...

David Aber took these two views of a beautiful mailbox he spotted. Even better, he made the montage above. (Thank you!) Normally, Google ...

Back on October 3, 2016, Emily Mann of SolAZ.biz sent these photos of a new mailbox she'd designed and built: She wrote: I just ins...

One hightlight of the annual Oracle Artist Studio Tour is Rancho Linda Vista . There are lots of artists — as in much of the rest of Oracle...

If you're like me, you think of a flowerpot sitting on top of flagstone, don't you? David Aber found this mailbox that turns the ...

Here's Speedy Gonzales from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons in the 1950s and 60s. I cropped the original...

Here's another one of David Aber's finds on August 14, 2016. The family name on the box is Angulo:

I normally don't show saquaro-themed mailboxes on this blog, but there always are exceptions. This is one of them. First, here...

On May 19, 2016, David Aber took several mailbox photos in the neighborhood south of 22nd, between Wilmot and Kolb, where streets are name...

If you follow the Tucson Murals Project blog , you probably saw yesterday's entry Mural-rich street in Guanajuato, México . That door s...

As David Aber mentioned with his August 11, 2016 photos, the “post” on this pinkish mailbox is pretty standard for Tucson. I think what migh...