Before the snow 1920

Paul Klee made "Before the Snow," sometime before 1940, using watercolor and ink on paper. I can imagine Klee, in the studio, carefully laying down these veils of color. See how the forms emerge from these translucent, overlapping washes? It's almost like he's painting with light. What was he thinking as he worked, as he built up these layers of color and form? It's a landscape, but it's also a dreamscape, a place that feels both familiar and strange. He was interested in the power of suggestion, the way a few lines and colors could evoke a whole world. Klee’s work has always spoken to me – a way of seeing the world anew, of finding magic in the everyday. It reminds me of other painters, like Kandinsky or Matisse. Ultimately, painting is a conversation. We are forever learning from each other. Klee’s paintings, with their playful, ambiguous forms, invite us to slow down, to look closely, and to see the world with fresh eyes.