I’m Howard Kurtzman, howardofhoward, a self-taught artist, who was encouraged to paint by a close friend in 1986. Life and near death experiences, a lightning strike, a hold at gunpoint, a venomous sting to the head, run over by a garbage truck, and wondrous moments in nature, inspire my work. The intense passion to create produces my wild, vivid, imaginary, whimsical, sexy pieces of art. Every color on every canvas is hand mixed. No color has come directly from the tube of paint. My work is original, hard edged, hand made, authentic, and from my core.