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- S/N Canvas transfer, Edition 495, 25.5" x 34" Unframed Reference number 1,045
- Artist Embellished, A/P Canvas transfer, Edition 95, 25.5" x 34" Unframed Reference number 1,195
- Artist Embellished, A/N Giclee on Canvas, Edition 150, 30" x 40" Unframed Reference number 2,050
I feel a sense of anticipation as I revisit "Sunlit Stroll" in my
mind. Part of the reason, I know, is that I walked this ancient cobbled path on
the shore of Lake Como alone, waiting for my fiance, Judi, to join me in Italy.
Painting is an emotionally charged activity for me; the feelings that gripped me
as an observer take hold of me again in the studio, influencing some of the
color choices I make, the way I hold my palette knife, and apply paint to
canvas.
Perhaps, if Judi had been walking with me as I approached the village of Varenna
on that long-ago afternoon, the stone pathway would not have seemed so shrouded
in shadow, the distant village so bathed in light. Somehow, the sun-dazzled city
came to stand in my mind for my absent love, whose arrival I awaited with such
eager anticipation. The path wound in and out along the shoreline; a brilliant
sun sparkling through the trees painted the weathered stones in radiant light
and deep shadow, drenching the city on the hill with color.
Perhaps, in the last analysis, the thing each of us longs for is nothing more or
less than the promise of God's grace -- the City on the Hill that has inspired
mankind with its promise of peace for many centuries.
-- Howard Behrens