Howard Behrens Prints - Artist Biography
Howard Behrens - Artist Biography
Howard Behrens is a contemporary Expressionist painter who is enjoying great popularity throughout the world. Born in 1933 in Chicago, Behrens has become one of America's most beloved painters, as well as a man widely regarded as the best living palette knife artist. Poster Checkout carries over 100 prints by this popular artist so that you can bring the delights of his works into any space.
Much of Behrens' work is a celebration of beauty and light. He travels widely, and captures charming, romantic, and peaceful vistas all over the world with his sensitive style. Many of his works feature his favorite locations in America, Italy, Bermuda, and Mexico. You'll see gardens, seascapes and rive
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rs, quaint inns, cozy cottages, and lush hillsides come to life in his signature bold strokes and colors.
Behrens is also famed for his ability to capture light on the canvas. With shadows and luminous colors, Behrens creates canvases which seem to glow from within or to be lit by the rays of the sun, no matter the time of day. His unique style of layering color has also produced some of the most alluring images of water ever captured in modern art.
Behrens' love affair with light is matched only by the great passion and enduring love he feels for his wife, Judi. He has painted her a number of times in a series called the "My Beloved" series, which depicts her among locations that are their favorites from their travels. Search Poster Checkout online to see examples of some of these exquisite, tender, and romantic images.