Mallards Rising - Original art correspondence postal cover, colored pencil on envelope, 1975

Mallards Rising Original art - correspondence postal cover, colored pencil on envelope, 1975 A pair of mallards lift off a cattail-lined bank in this colored-pencil scene covering the full envelope face, addressed in an ornate hand. Sent with an enclosed photograph as a personal keepsake alongside the letter. Postmarked, canceled, and bearing sorting-machine scuffing — authentic mailed correspondence rather than art made for framing alone. Mailed. to State Department address and forwarded to Mozambique. Framed and matted.