Howard Friedland
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Howard Friedland was born in Bronx New York. Lived in Miami Florida, Albuquerque and Taos New Mexico and now resides in Bozeman Montana with his wife, artist Susan Blackwood. He studied fine art and commercial art at New York’s High School of Music and Art. He went to college at The Cooper Union for the advancement of Science and Art in New York’s Greenwich Village. After college, Howard worked as an art director for several top advertising agencies in New York and Miami, as well as playing drums professionally for rock and jazz bands. In 1972 he rekindled his love of painting and has since studied painting with Ned Jacob, Michael J. Lynch, Mark Daley, Laura Robb, Zhang Wen Xin, William Schultz, Robert Kuester, Charles Reed, Carolyn Anderson, Mitch Billis, Scott Christensen and most recently, Zhiwei Tu and Matt Smith.
Mr. Friedland was featured in the July 1989 issue of American Artist Magazine and in the Master Painters of the World section of International Artists Magazine May 1998. His work has regularly been selected to be auctioned at the C. M. Russell Auction and Exhibition, in Great Falls. He is often in the Quick Draw. He has painted, taught and exhibited extensively in New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Mexico, France, Italy, England, Spain, and Portugal. His work has won numerous awards and is in many private and corporate collections. In 2003 he co-founded the newly formed “ Montana Painters Alliance” . He is a signature member of Oil Painters of America.
Friedland’s work can be seen at 7 galleries throughout the west and are regularly selected to be in national shows in galleries and museums. A list of these shows and his galleries is attached.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“The challenge for me is always to see the world with fresh eyes and respond spontaneously to the beauty before me. It’s possible to lose the impact of my initial vision out of doors due to the continually changing light. For this reason I strive to capture as quickly and accurately as possible the visual sensations that I have of the subject. I study the color relationships and try to note them as best as I can. Back at my studio I use these “on the spot” studies for larger paintings. I also take some photos for additional information, however I’m careful not to copy the photograph (too much information could dilute my first impression). Therefore, I also have to rely on my memory to recall the mood that I wanted to express.”
“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. This allows the viewer to use their own imagination and participate in the painting.”
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