Tucson Mailbox Art

It looks like some kid(s) had fun painting this mailbox… I found it on December 29, 2018.

Tucson artist K. Loren Dawn enjoys trips to the tropics. She also has an eye for mailboxes — and sends ones she spots along the way. Here ar...

Here's a mailbox with an intricate design on one side… …and a simpler one on the other: I took the photos April 14th.

No, I have no idea why someone would put a big rock underneath their mailbox. (But Glenn Street in midtown has more than its share of, er...

Though lots of mailboxes are embedded in a stuccoed post, this one is different because there's a planter next to it. The bright desig...

OK, I've already used the title “This Mailbox Rocks” on another box. Hmmm… Anyway, the post looks like sandstone — maybe over concre...

Dots in swirls on this bright box: If found it on April 14th.

I was on the Heart of Tucson Art open studio tour April 14th when, as I turned onto Treat Avenue, I saw this box topped with two birds. ...

Along the route of the Oracle Artist Studio Tour on April 6th, I came across this mailbox outside Michael Carroll's place. What can I...

This simple box has butterfly decals on a red background. I spotted it in February and noticed that one side had only one decal. I came back...

I pulled over to check my map near dusk on the evening of February 26th. Near the car was a plain-looking mailbox in a cinder-block box p...

Just next door to last week's "Golfbox" (you can see it closer in the entry 9311 East Anne Place ) is this wild-looking box ...

For obvious reasons, David Aber named this "Golfbox". It has been modified to resemble a golf bag and clubs. He sent it on Febru...

David Aber finds phenomenal mailboxes. Even by his usual standard, this one (a castle on top of a dragon?!) seemed too good to be handmade...

Driving along Silverbell on February 2nd, I ended up taking a wrong turn and winding along a road between a bland-looking subdivision and ...

David Aber calls this mailbox “Pony Express” after the long-ago service that delivered mail and etc. He emailed the photo September 25, ...

I found Bucking Betty out in the desert earlier this month. There was no sight of her owner. The steel sculpture artist Pat Frederick migh...

David Aber found another in his series of “Butterflyboxes” September 17, 2018. Let's look a bit closer:

On August 9th, David Aber stopped by the Mesquite Valley Growers Nursery — where he spotted this mailbox in the midst of a bunch of other...

This mailbox extravaganza is inside the Far Horizons Co-Op Estates, a mobile home facility for ages 55+. There's not a "No Tressp...

Mmmmm… Cherries, anyone? I spotted this juicy box on July 20, 2018.

This clever box seems to be mounted on two round metal posts that come out from the bottom. But, if you look more closely, the posts are a...

The last few months of 2018 were challenging for me. I haven't been able to take mailbox photos or post them. But things should be back ...