Shortly after returning to the United States in 1954, the U.S. Army pulled his number and sent him back to Europe. Kohn spent his weekends during the next two years exploring and painting the towns and cities of France and Spain. I like the warmth. The people are warmer. Mexican music is wonderful.
People come out and walk the streets in the evening.
He headed north and enrolled in the art program at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., from which he received a master's degree in 1960. The young artist helped bring life to such wily characters as Biggy Rat, Itchy Brother and Tooter the Turtle. It was very fast-paced and exciting. But the siren song of faraway places beckoned once again. I was blown away by India and all of the temples and fortresses.