Voices of Experience - Howard Friedland

Le Bateau au Repos (Boat at Rest) 16 x 20” Oil on Linen

“Some painters prefer to render a picture tightly to a literal level of finish.
However, I prefer to paint only enough for the viewer to get a clear vision of what the subject is and suggest the rest. When the painting is viewed close up,
you can see the many colorful brush strokes. As you step further away,
the brush strokes disappear and your eye pulls the whole painting together.
That is what the magic of painting is about for me.”

Howard Friedland grew up in New York. He worked initially as an Art Director in New York and later Miami before finding his way back to his first love of painting. Moving to the Southwest United States (New Mexico) allowed him to take workshops with well-known western painters and to reignite his passion. Currently, Friedland lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife, artist Susan Blackwood. He continues to travel both regionally and abroad and to teach workshops in his Bozeman studio…