Fun tracking USPS International package route

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Soon after I joined Artfinder early this year, I have a few overseas orders. Although the transit time of international shipping is slow, it is also interesting to track my painting go around world. And then I start to notice some sort of pattern of the shipping route of USPS.

To United Kingdom

Everything from my place goes to Chicago first so I set the starting point on this map as Chicago. Then it goes to JFK in New York City, then Heathrow, London. This one is easy to understand and straightforward.

To Saudi Arabia

Again, Chicago first, then New York City, then a stop at Cairo, Egypt. After that it goes to Saudi Arabia. This one is also straightforward.

To Finland

This one is the most interesting route so far. I thought it would go to JFK and then directly to Finland capital. But NO. From Chicago it goes to Fort, Dallas in TX. The next stop is Haneda in Tokyo, Japan. From Japan it goes to Helsinki.

What?

I thought London is closer to Helsinki than Tokyo. LOL. Well, in the future if I have more overseas orders it would be more data input of international shipping route.

Have a great long weekend~ ^_^

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My paintings are an outlet to express the imagination I have inside my head that I can not put into words. After trying many mediums, I always find myself coming back to paint and brushes. In my current artistic practice, I use oil paint and mainly create portraits of mythical creatures and animals transfixed in the shifting colours of seascapes and landscapes. There is a natural spirit and magic to these creatures and their energy draws me in. Choosing to paint these creatures as real living wildlife rather than abstractions, I use bold and vivid colours to express the imaginary intertwined with reality, finding magic between the seams. Using a saturated colour palette, I create bold and striking imagery, contrasted between foreground and background, subject and landscape, and light and darkness. Weaving their bodies and the surface of the landscape into each other through organic forms and flowing brush strokes, I find beauty, strength and innocence in these creatures that reflect my inner world.