Sep 212009
This is my favorite sequence so far for “Drowning in Venice”. The woman in the story gets what appears to be bad news over the phone while walking through the flooded streets of Venice.
The background pattern is inspired by a Mariano Fortuny design. His museum in Venice is well worth a visit as he was a rare combination of artist, artisan, inventor, designer and successful businessman. He was also obviously quite the collector and a few artifacts have survived the years and populate an entire floor of his 15th century palazzo. Ink, watercolor and crayons on paper, 11″ x 17″.
[...] is the blog entry I posted originally when I drew this [...]