In April 2006, artist
Brenda Behr’s watercolor on canvas,
Winter at the Capitol, became the
first of a series depicting the four seasons at the North Carolina State
Capitol. The painting was auctioned live in
 Raleigh
at the State Capitol Foundation’s Society Ball. At the 2008 Ball, Behr
will debut the second painting in the series featuring the Capitol’s
annual Independence Day celebration,
titled One Nation.Behr holds a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,
Virginia and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University in
New York State. When living and working in Minnesota, Brenda was a very
active member of both the Minnesota Watercolor Society in Minneapolis,
and the North Star Watercolor Society in St. Paul.
In June of 2003, after
more than 30 years as a successful advertising art director and graphic
designer in Minneapolis, Brenda returned to Goldsboro, the city of her
youth. In North Carolina she joined “Greenville Brushstrokes,” a group
comprised of Eastern North Carolina artists. She currently serves on the
board of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, as editor of its
newsletter, All Rag. The artist has sold her work in galleries and art
centers throughout the state and is quickly growing in popularity and
demand. Brenda paints much of her work on location, considering plein
air painting to be the most challenging and evocative way to paint.
Brenda is seldom without her sketchbooks and paints. Her good nature and
innate interest in people as human beings and as subjects make her a fun
artist to follow.
 January
Exhibition in Greenville, NC
North Carolina State
Capitol Foundation board members encourage you to see more of Ms. Behr’s
work beginning January 25, 2008. Her exhibition,
Highway 13 Revisited, is on display at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina. |
