Mail-Art series of 3 envelopes to Darlene Altschul - USA


Most of my close correspondents know that I like to paint my envelopes. Most of the envelopes I have sent our during the last years went to my partner in Heidelberg. So that collection is still complete and might be exposed to the public one day. Only a selected few others receive painted envelopes. Sometimes they are sent in the form of a series. Just like the one I sent this month to Darlene Altschul, with whom I have been corresponding since 1983. Three envelopes are on their way to the USA. when they have arrived all three, Darlene can see the total image I created. The three envelopes were larger than an A4 size, so it didn´t fit completely under my scanner.

Since 2003 I am scanning all the envelopes too before they are sent out. So hundreds of bright images are saved on my computer. I have also burned them on a CD, so they are well archived. Sometimes I look at the slides of these envelopes and realize that I have made thousands of envelops these last years. Lets count. About 600 envelops in a year, and I have been active almost 25 years....... And the average used to be much higher (with a record of 400 envelops in one month, but in those days I didn´t paint them).

I wonder what happened to all those envelopes I sent into that jungle called network. Did any survive the years?

Ruud