![Painting, Boathouses, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176757_1_grid.jpg)
Presentation
I am Bente Halvorsen, born and raised in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway.
I started painting about 20 years ago, when my family and I lived in Spain for a year. During this year I attended a course with a Swedish painter and learned his techniques. My first painting tools were homemade tempera, pigment powder mixed with eggs, milk and even beer.
Back in Norway, I continued to paint, and explored both oil and acrylic paint on larger canvases. In 2012, a friend also became my colleague, when we started whatELSEisnew. There we have a studio, as well as walls to display our art and also the interest in reuse. We have and have had workshops for groups and companies, where my colleague and I guide them through the painting processes on large canvases. Recently, I have started painting courses for smaller groups, and find it interesting and inspiring to teach the participants different techniques and how to build up a painting, step by step. Back in Spain many times, and in 2019 the family built a finca surrounded by thousands of orange trees. I got my own studio, "Entre mil naranjos", and now live half the year in Spain. Here there are opportunities for countless mountain hikes, and by being observant on the hikes, I get a lot of inspiration and new ideas for new paintings constantly emerge. My subjects in my paintings vary from nature to faces, as well as abstract. I want to have the opportunity to paint what I feel at any given time.
![Painting, Boathouses, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Lonely House, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176763_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sailing, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Innocent, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176708_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A memory, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176756_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Somewhere, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176744_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Urban 1, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176725_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Urban 2, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176722_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mr Monkeybusiness in Jamaica, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176748_1_grid.jpg)
Mr Monkeybusiness in Jamaica
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Story from another culture, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176742_1_grid.jpg)
Story from another culture
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,579
![Painting, Black Angel, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Connecting, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176734_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Blue Lady, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176726_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Air, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176713_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Klimt'ish Haistyle, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176455_1_grid.jpg)
Klimt'ish Haistyle
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,349
![Painting, Fiestas, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176729_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A trip to Dominican Republic, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176732_1_grid.jpg)
A trip to Dominican Republic
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,579
![Painting, Earth, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176721_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fire, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176717_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dancing, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176709_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mr Monkeybusiness in New York, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176754_1_grid.jpg)
Mr Monkeybusiness in New York
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 200 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,369
![Painting, Mr Monkeybusiness in San Fransisco, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176751_1_grid.jpg)
Mr Monkeybusiness in San Fransisco
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 110 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,579
![Painting, Mr Monkeybusiness in Paris, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176753_1_grid.jpg)
Mr Monkeybusiness in Paris
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Mr Monkeybusiness in Barcelona, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176752_1_grid.jpg)
Mr Monkeybusiness in Barcelona
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 110 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,579
![Painting, Happy Hippie, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176728_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, And Illusion... or not, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176451_1_grid.jpg)
And Illusion... or not
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 103 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 40.6 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,125
![Painting, Ladies on The Beach, Bente Halvorsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176710_1_grid.jpg)
Ladies on The Beach
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 90 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
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