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Lifestyles A Tribute - Edith Palombi Living through the Second World War in Germany, where she was born in 1926, then immigrating to the U.S.A. as a war bride and raising four children before the marriage ended in 1984, Edith appreciated Mexico’s freedoms, relaxed lifestyle and colorful flavor. Edith herself was nothing if not colorful; she’d have you guessing what color her hair might be that day and cheer you with her flamboyant nature, animated conversation and from-the-belly laughter. Two of Edith’s three daughters, Heidi and Pati, live in Colorado. Pati, who considers Vallarta her second home, says “Mom’s dream was always to live her life as she chose, to be able to come and go as she pleased.” And for 17 years she did. And she blossomed, painting and teaching art wherever people were hungry to learn–on the street, the beach, in her home, throughout the colonial towns including San Miguel, Oaxaca, Cuernavaca, and in Guadalajara where she’d lived for seven years before being drawn to Vallarta’s thriving art community. She also gave workshops in exotic locales like Bali and Hawaii, and in her former life in the U.S.A. taught art and textile arts for many years. Serendipity and a Sister City artist exchange program between Huntington Beach, California, and Guadalajara introduced her to the late watercolorist Robert E. Wood, who would become her mentor and life-long friend, fulfilling the same central role he played in the life of local artist Evelyne Boren, Edith’s friend of 30 years. Over the years the two women gypsyed around Europe together painting. While in the state capital, Edith ran an art gallery and published an art magazine. She wanted to share Vallarta with everyone, so was ecstatic when her daughter, Tami, had her wedding here. Her artistic genes live on in her son Peter, an accomplished California artist. And great granddaughter Kira, six, could always be found painting alongside her beloved “Mutti”. When preparing for what would be her final art opening last April at Galeria AL, Edith was weak, and it was Kira who helped get her pieces ready. Her family plans to exhibit high-resolution computer reproductions of her work here next year at several galleries.

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