Small Picture of Fir Trees 1922

Paul Klee made this Small Picture of Fir Trees, and it's like he’s building a landscape with color. The textures are so soft, almost like he’s breathing color onto the canvas. It's this kind of careful touch that lets you see the process, not as something hidden, but as the very heart of the work. The way the tree stands, so simple, but so present, it’s like a little poem. The texture and the colors here are very thin. And the little fir tree, it's not just a tree, but a marker, a sign, pointing to the bigger conversation about how we see and feel the world. This piece echoes back to Cézanne, who was trying to build the world from simple blocks of color, it feels very connected. Klee’s work never tells you what to think, it invites you to wander.