I've Got the Travel Bug

Somber Tones - Panel 1

I have been working on two panels that are inspired by Paul Klee's Bluehendes series. In some way they are coming along and evoke the feeling that I had in mind. But not quite. I shall continue working on them. However, it may be a month before I return from a trip to Portugal and Switzerland. In Portugal I will explore the countryside, Lisbon and Porto with my husband, all the time collecting colors to inspire new works. In Switzerland I shall do the same, and in addition go to museums that exhibit the works of Itten and Klee.

Other than all this rambling and collecting of color, I will play around in my sketchbook while Josef talks to his family in their native tongue. I will drink in the warm and crazy conversations and antics, and make them all laugh when I try to say "chuchichäschtli". They love it.

Somber Tones, Panel ll