I enjoy the slowed tempo and muted colors of life in good winter weather. Sometimes I have to fight my urge to add a lot of details because that's how my brain functions in other work I do. Here, I like the sparseness and loose implications. Winter walk, Siena, Italy ... ink & watered acrylic

My family traces our roots in Italy back to the 15th century. Ancestors left for America long ago. Hiking this ancestral area in the Italian Alps is something I didn't appreciate enough in my 20s. Ink, pencil, watered acrylic on paper

Ink, pencil, watered acrylic on paper