Yesterday I received a Email from my POD Merchandise ART OF WHERE to inform me that the associated web page for my products will not be maintained anymore after April 2023. 
This announcement came via Mailchimp. 

It is a bit frustrating - on Facebook I wrote:
According to the latest update from my AOW Print-on-Demand place, the store web page will no longer be maintained after April 2023. I would have to host my own store (pages?) on my own website, or else join Etsy or Shopify to offer my products via API from AOW. All rather complicated and time-consuming work to make those changes. This is frustrating.
For anyone to check out within the next few weeks, here is my existing store on the AOW website that will be no more after a month (get it while it lasts - I will still be able to sell my creations, but have to make other arrangements): MY AOW STORE PAGE ART OF THE MYSTIC OTTO RAPP

After some time of being idle, I just recently created a number of items so maybe check them out while my store page is still up. Still available to order from my store page until end of April. 

I am honored to have one of my major drawings selected to be part of this large First Biennale of Fantastic Art in Serbia, (as one of two foreign guest artists, the other being Reinhard Schmid of Germany) to take place in Belgrade at the Kolarac gallery and later in Novi Sad at the Cultural center (where I exhibited before in a group show Antilogika Slike in 2015).

5 Years ago (2017) after I created this work at the Pigmalion Artist Colony - it is in the collection of the founder of Pigmalion, Gorazd Cuk who will lend it to this exhibition.

October 16th to October 31st 2021

FACEBOOK PAGE

On their website and even more on the Facebook page you see some work by my Serbian colleagues.
I featured the image of my drawing selected by the jury, EROS THANATOS II â—„ check it out on my website, where you also find a zoom image to get all the details.

'Phoenix Collection Mihajlović'
'Phoenix Collection Mihajlović' is an imposing, family collection, lovingly selected authentic paintings and drawings, which in the right way represents the best contemporary artists in Serbia. It combines representative works of renowned artists of different generations and sensibilities, successors of cultural heritage - in favor of the traditional, fantastic but also out-of-appearance. The uniqueness of this collection, which includes over 140 oil paintings and more than 50 drawings, lies in the refined, careful selection of individual works, from the rich opuses of contemporary painters.
Maja Zivanovic

part of this content was posted on my blockchain blog on PeakD

I was interviewed for a statement about my art and this exhibition by the organizers:

March 14th 2022 
​On Instagram, the organization posted this about me
​ - it is Serbian, the full interview is above, translated to English

​The inaugural Exhibition in Belgrade was posted on Facebook

The Show in Novi Sad will be posted separately
for other exhibitions, check my Exhibition Calendar

I've been on Instagram for a while now - probably not doing it right, since half the time I don't even add hash tags. Here I show some stuff of mine, posted/shared by others that I found and saved - it is nice to have at least a few fans on there .......

Flattering also that someone would take a posted selfie of mine and make a artwork out of it:

I am happy to have a fan like this - thank you Dack Oenemaus!

My friend Tea Slavica shared this studio shot of mine, as I was working on a drawing where I had used her as the model. 

Another one I appreciate very much:

Lastly - I do enjoy the company of pretty ladies:

11th ANNIVERSARY Exhibition

11 YEARS of the International Surrealism Now Exhibition at CAE.
​125 participant artists from 52 countries - May 5 to July 11 of 2021

​125 participant artists from 52 countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, India.

​ The initiative comes from the company MatosCar, an automotive group present in the Portuguese cities of Guarda, Fundão, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Évora and Beja. Official representatives of 24 brands.

​The  Arts and Entertainment Center (CAE) was opened in 2002. Large cultural structure (2 200 and 800 seat auditoriums - outdoor amphitheater, foyer, breakout rooms, studios, 4 exhibition halls) was thought of as a centrality with European Community funds and its programming tends to go through major national and international shows and this structure is also linked to other programming centers and events, in an anchor logic that disperses without losing continuity.

Centro de Artes e Espectáculos - Rua Abade Pedro 3080-084 Figueira da Foz 
​Tel: 233 407 200 Fax: 233 407 209

My Artwork with INTERNATIONAL SURREALISM NOW

Participating Artists:

Achraf Baznani, Morocco / Agim Meta, Albania-Spain / Aissa Mammasse, Algeria / Alessio Serpetti, Italy / Alvaro Mejias, Venezuela / Ana Neamu, Romania / Ana Pilar Morales, Spain / Andrew Baines, Australia / Asier Guerrero Rico (Dio), Spain / Axel Blotevogel, Germany / Brigid Marlin, UK / Bien Banez, Philippines / Can Emed, Turkey / Carlos Sablón, Cuba / Cătălin Precup, Romania / Chuang Chih Hui, China Taiwan / Cristian Townsend, Australia / Conor Walton, Ireland / Cynthia Tom, China / USA / Dag Samsund, Denmark / Daila Lupo, Italy / Dan Neamu, Romania / Daniel Chiriac, Romania / Daniel Hanequand, France / Canada / Daniele Gori, Italy / Delphine Cencig, France / Dean Fleming, USA / Domen Lo, Slovenia / Edgar Invoker, Russia / Efrat Cybulkiewicz, Venezuela / Egill Eibsen, Iceland / Erik Heyninck, Belgium / Ettore Aldo Del Vigo, Italy / Fabrizio Riccardi, Italy / Farhad Jafari, Iran / France Garrido, USA / Francisco Urbano, Portugal / Gabriele Esau, Germany / Genesis Cabrera, USA / Graça Bordalo Pinheiro, Portugal / Graszka Paulska, Poland / Gromyko Semper, Philippines / Gyuri Lohmuller, Romania / Hector Pineda, Mexico / Hector Toro, Colombia / Henrietta Kozica, Sweden / Hugues Gillet, France / Isabel Meyrelles, Portugal / Iwasaki Nagi, Japan / James Skelton, UK / Jay Garfinkle, USA / Jay Paul Vonkoffler, American / Argentine / Jimah St, Nigeria / Joanna Budzyńska-Sycz, Poland / João Duarte, Portugal / Keith Wigdor, USA / Leo Wijnhoven, Netherlands / Leo Plaw, Germany / Liba WS, France / Lubomír Štícha, Republic Czech / Ludgero Rolo, Portugal / Lv Shang, China / Maarten Vet, Netherlands / Maciej Hoffman, Poland / Magi Calhoun, USA / Marnie Pitts, UK / Maria Aristova, Russia / Mario Devcic, Croatia / Martina Hoffman, Germany / Mathias Böhm, Germany / Mehriban Efendi, Azerbaijan / Naiker Roman, Cuba / Spain / Nazareno Stanislau, Brazil / Nikolina Petolas, Croatia / Octavian Florescu, Canada / Ofelia Hutul, Romania / Oleg Korolev, Russia / Olesya Novik, Russia / Olga Spiegel, USA / Otto Rapp, Austria / Paula Rosa, Portugal / Paulo Cunha, Canada / Pavlina Boroshova, Switzerland-Germany / Pedro Diaz Cartes, Chile / Penny Golledge, UK / Peter MC LANE, France / Philippe Pelletier, France / Radhika Menon, India / Richard Shannon, USA / Roch Fautch, USA / Rodica Miller, USA / Ruben Cukier, Argentine / Israeli / Rudolf Boelee, New Zealand / Russbelt Guerra, Peru / Sabina Nore, Austria / Sampo Kaikkonen, Finland / Santiago Ribeiro, Portugal / Sarah Zambiasi, Australia / Serge Sunne, Latvia / Sergey Tyukanov, Russia / Shahla Rosa, USA / Shoji Tanaka, Japan / Shan Zhulan, China / Shia Weltenmenge, Germany / Sio Shisio, Indonesia / Slavko Krunic, Serbia / Sônia Menna Barreto, Brazil / Steve Smith, USA / Stuart Griggs, UK / Svetlana Kislyachenko, Ukraine / Svetlana Ratova, Russia / Tatomir Pitariu, USA / Tersanszki Cornelia, Romania / Tim Roosen, Belgium / Ton Haring, Netherlands / Victor Lages, Portugal / Vu Huyen Thuong, Vietnam / Yamal Din, Morocco / Spain / Yang Sumin, China Taiwan / Yuliya Patotskaya, Belarus / Yuri Tsvetaev, Russia / Zoltan Ducsai, Hungary / Zoran Velimanovic, Serbia.

TEA PORTRAIT - Details
a "teaser" preview - a larger video including the process is in the works

Video by Otto Rapp  - Music by Frederick J Benjamin - "World Jam 2"  - free music from Pixabay
This is a short teaser about my fantasy drawing, showing details only.
See the full drawing here on EasyZoom in high resolution ​

This work was especially created for the Sulamith Wülfing Exhibition and Book project. More about it:
Sulamith Wülfing - eine Vorschau - a sneak preview

CORONA VIRUS ALERT:
if you need to wear a mask, it might as well be stylish - at my AOW shop
​you find many models in my facemask collection. Scroll down for examples, description and sizing.

A few examples of my masks are shown here, but there are many more designs found on my
AOW Mask Collection Page

​Keep up with our changing world with 100% cotton custom printed face coverings! Complete with a stainless steel nose piece, filter pocket and soft fabric elastics, these 200 thread count cotton sateen face coverings are here to give you a little more peace of mind. Printed with permanent reactive inks, you can feel confident washing them over and over without fear of fading. Stay safe and stylish with custom printed cut and sew face coverings.
Superior quality, competitively priced at US$ 16.- Filter inserts available at US$ 2.- for a pack of two. 

​​It’s important that your face covering fits as snug as possible to your face. Take some time to do the following measurements before you order. Don’t assume that your face size is similar to your clothing size! Face shapes can vary significantly from person to person.
• Measure from the beginning of one ear, over the tip of your nose, to the start of your other ear.

Sizes for Cotton Sateen Face Coverings

​Add some flair to our new normal with custom printed double knit face coverings! These super vibrant face coverings are made of a light weight, double knit polyester, making them easy to breathe, move, and even exercise in. Precision cut edges and plenty of stretch provide comfort for all day use. Whether you’re going to the grocery store, the gym, the office, or wherever else you choose to social distance, these double knit face coverings will keep you safe, comfortable and stylish.
For the very reasonable price of US$ 8.50 maybe get several - perhaps find matching apparel as well?

double knit face coverings modelled by my artist friend Liba WS  

​​It’s important that your face covering fits as snug as possible to your face. Take some time to do the following measurements before you order. Don’t assume that your face size is similar to your clothing size! Face shapes can vary significantly from person to person.
• Measure from the beginning of one ear, over the tip of your nose, to the start of your other ear.

Sizes for Double Knit Face Coverings

On the right sidebar you may see similar merchandise advertised that I have in my Zazzle Stores,
​and also in my RageOn Store where masks are available.  Both of these Stores are US based. 

​

 I have been a member on Pinterest for several years now, and had created some boards that highlight not only my art, but also many different interests. The first board I published already in 2015 was "Fantastic Art by my Friends" - here I show you my artwork, posted on the board from a variety of sources, so you may find work that is not on my website here or otherwise easy to find.  
​

​I have other boards also, you can see them here:
Art of the Mystic Otto Rapp on Pinterest

This catalogue was made for the online charity show for covid frontliners.
The non-profit show is available for viewing on the DREAMS & DIVINITIES WEBSITE
Catalogue design Al Gassano / Cover design: Hector Pineda

click on the title, then on top right -  icon for full screen viewing
​click on the bottom for navigation and zooming pages

A video preview from Yvette Endrijautzki of Nautilus Studio

View all the images on the website of Dreams & Divinities

My own work in this show:

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​click image to purchase a print
(opens in separate tab)

acrylic on mylar - abstract decalcomania - digital enhancements - mirrored. 
Nominal size 80 x 40 cm - 2020

​I am currently in quarantine at home - playing with shots of unfinished projects from my studio - which I have not been to since March 10th, since it is way across town.

I wanted to lead this blog with a work of art, before we (and myself included) forget that I am foremost a artist. But these are strange times, and my attention is riveted on the current crisis of COVID-19. Everything is overshadowed by it - including my creativity, since being away from the studio. I am hoping to go there and resume work sometime after Easter, come hell or high water. 

CORONA: Killervirus oder Killer-Umwelt?
​Mit Biologe Clemens Arvay (Fach medizinische Ökologie)

Corona kommt mit dem Feinstaub. Das Problem ist nicht neu und geht viel weiter. Nach Corona darf es nie wieder weitergehen wie davor. Der Biologe Clemens Arvay, Fachmann für medizinische Ökologie, sagt: „Wir haben keinen Killervirus, sondern eine Killerumwelt“. Verweise:  https://www.clemensarvay.com/

Positionspapier über Feinstaub und Corona-Ausbreitung der Universitäten Bologna und Bari mit der italienischen Gesellschaft für Umweltmedizin 
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 Bis zu 650.000 Influenzatote pro Jahr - Med Uni Wien

From the Guardian, a related article about air pollution:

 Tue 17 Mar 2020 09.02 GMT - Last modified on Wed 18 Mar 2020 10.54 GMT
Air pollution likely to increase coronavirus death rate, warn experts

The health damage inflicted on people by long-standing air pollution in cities is likely to increase the death rate from coronavirus infections, experts have said.

Dirty air is known to cause lung and heart damage and is responsible for at least 8m early deaths a year. This underlying health damage means respiratory infections, such as coronavirus, may well have a more serious impact on city dwellers and those exposed to toxic fumes, than on others. ...... READ MORE

Originally published by IMPAKTER March 27, 2020
COVID-19: Link with Air Pollution? Italy’s and China’s Experience
Updated 9 April 2020

A new scientific study, just published in the United States, provides further proof that there may be a very real link between the speed of transmission and lethality of COVID-19 and air pollution. The study by researchers at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, analyzed air pollution and COVID-19 deaths up to 4 April in 3,000 counties in the United States, covering 98% of the population. “We found that an increase of only 1μg/m3 in PM2.5 [particles] is associated with a 15% increase in the COVID-19 death rate,” the team concluded.

To address COVID-19, it has become clear to the whole world that the Chinese model of testing strick social distancing is a must and that a full “lockdown” of the economy cannot be avoided – with only “essential” activities maintained. Italy was the first country to follow this Chinese model. Now, almost all countries have followed suit, including India with its 1.3 billion people told to stay home for 21 days – undoubtedly the largest quarantine operation in history. But there is another lesson from the Chinese and Italian experience that has emerged:  the highly probable link between dirty air and level of lethality of COVID-19.  ..................... READ MORE

"Was für ein FIASKO, Herr Kurz!"
(Biologe Clemens Arvay über Maskenzwang und staatliche Panikmache)

Der Biologe und Autor Clemens G. Arvay prangert das "Masken-Fiasko" sowie die Panikmache durch Kanzler Sebastian Kurz an. Diese sei wissenschaftlich nicht haltbar und verantwortungslos.
Verweise:
 Sebastian Kurz behauptet, dass bald jeder in Österreich einen Corona-Toten kennen wird:
 KLEINE ZEITUNG - KRONE - YOUTUBE

WHO rät von Mundschutz ab
Verwirrung nach Rat der WHO, keinen Mundschutz zu tragen
Es bestünde die Gefahr, sich beim Abnehmen der Maske erst recht anzustecken, meint die WHO.
​Die Regierung verweist auf eine Studie.​

Clemens Arvay: Masken- und Meinungsverordnung

The above is in German - too bad there are no English subtitles. The positions taken differ from the "officially sanctioned" media that dominates. In my opinion, what he says makes a lot of sense. I am looking forward to when we reflect back on this in, lets say, a year from now. 

Tongue firmly planted into cheek, I now present to you a video that should make you think - you likely know it from civics class (unless you slept through it), but here it is to refresh your memory:

Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell that was first published in 1945.​

1999 Version of Animal Farm

A new product I launched on Zazzle!
Cancan™ Bluetooth Speaker - Small yet mighty - our Origaudio Cancan™ speaker is a Bluetooth wireless micro-speaker that is compact enough to fit in your pocket. It features a dust cap that offers protection from the elements, and also as a grip stand when the cap is flipped over. Bring this portable Bluetooth speaker to your next event with friends and family!

This for starters, there will be more added soon. 
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MY HOME PAGE ON ZAZZLE
​to see all my creations and collections.