HOWARD BEHRENS LAGO BELLAGIO EMBELLISHED CANVAS Italy

LAGO BELLAGIO

BY THE "MASTER OF THE PALETTE KNIFE"

HOWARD BEHRENS

For more than 25 years, Howard Behrens, the world's most renowned palette knife artist, has had a romance with the sun. As one of America's leading artists, he is known for his love affair with capturing light in art.

Welcome to a beautiful Spring day as you take in the spectacular view of the lakeside estates of sunny Bellagio Italy. It's a beautiful day to enjoy the beauty of the gardens, the archticture, and the waterfront as you cruise the shoreline.

THIS CANVAS HAS BEEN HAND EMBELLISHED BY HOWARD BEHRENS HIMSELF USING HIS WORLD FAMOUS PALLETE KNIFE TECHNIQUE!

COMES WITH A COA

THE IMAGE IS approx: 32" x 24"

It is hand signed and numbered from the edition of 195 by Mr. Behrens.

About the Artist: B. 1933 - Artist Howard Behrens Howard Behrens was born in Chicago. He holds a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in Fine Art from the University of Maryland. He has had over 150 one-man shows from coast-to-coast since becoming a professional artist in 1980. Howard Behrens, the world's most renowned palette knife artist. A palette knife is a tool artists traditionally use to mix oil paints before applying them to canvas. "I kept changing my style," Behrens explains. "I feel like every painting is a prerequisite for the next painting. You come across something that really rings a bell and starts you thinking differently, and you continue on with that new technique, style or subject matter. That's how I eventually got into palette knife painting. It was an evolutionary thing."

This evolution to today's rich, distinctive, texturized style has garnered Behrens numerous accolades and honors, including an appointment as an official artist of the 2002 Winter Olympics and the acceptance of many of his pieces into permanent museum archives around the world.

Experimentation, says this modern master, is crucial to his success. "I slowly started using the palette knife to paint on the canvas, starting out very fine and thin...then, it got thicker andheavier. Finally, the most amazing thing happenedâ??the act of painting became the subject matter."
Howard Behrens is the world's most renowned palette artist, inspired to create his many masterpieces with a palette knife - a tool artists traditionally use to mix oil paints before applying them to canvas. "I kept changing my style," he explains. "I feel like every painting is a prerequisite for the next painting. You come across something that really rings a bell and starts you thinking differently, and you continue on with that new technique, style or subject matter. That's how I eventually got into palette knife painting. It was an evolutionary thing."

Experimentation, says this modern master, is crucial to his success. "I slowly started using the palette knife to paint on the canvas, starting out very fine and thin...then, it got thicker andheavier. Finally, the most amazing thing happenedâ??the act of painting became the subject matter."
As a landscape and seascape artist, he has painted the idyllic lakes of Italy to the gardens of New England. Behrens? works have been on the covers of many art publications and he has been the featured subject of numerous magazines and newspapers. After visiting Giverny, France, the artist created a ?Tribute to Monet? series that was exhibited at the Embassy of France in Washington, D. C. As an official artist for the 2002 Winter Olympics, Behrens? painting, ?In Motion,? was featured at the games. The artist?s works are owned by numerous, well-known collectors and are in the permanent collections of many museums.