Large Animal Paintings
1910s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
A pair of little woodpeckers perch on opposite sides of a branch, busy probing the small holes they've made for fresh tree sap. The intricate features of their plumage and the textured bark create a striking contrast against the stark white background. Rendered in vibrant colors and fine detail, artist Emil Morhardt brings this charming scene to life.
About the Artist
Emil Morhardt is an acrylic painter from Santa Barbara, California who expresses his passion for birds through realistic acrylic paintings. He paints at home in a studio room that has large windows and a north-facing view of the mountains. He observes the animals from this window, watching roadrunners, foxes, bobcats, deer, and coyote run by. Surrounded by this wildlife, Emil paints bird portraits reminiscent of those by artist John James Audubon. He bases his paintings off hundreds of photographs he takes of birds in the wild and at wildlife recovery centers. Emil captures the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds display...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Flemish School Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s American Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil
1870s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s French School Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A grey bird swoops past a dog and dives into a berry bush in artist Jaime Ellsworth's playful piece. The playful work captures the whimsical sense of their un...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1960s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Enamel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Pencil, Wood Panel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Glue, Paper
Mid-19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
1880s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Monotype
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A close-up view of two ducks looking astutely at the viewer. "There's something highly engaging, and perhaps a little unsettling, about the way these young fe...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Oil
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. In this piece, a beagle triumphantly retrieves a stick thrown into the ocean. Jeff started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he applied oil paint using his fingers. Details were later added using brushes. Once these layers of paint dried, he moved the piece to his studio floor. "At this point, I whisked paint in random but authoritative strokes - a speckling technique which replicates water splashing."
About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.
Words that describe this painting: beagle, dog, pet, impressionism, Iris Scott...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1850s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite
2010s Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Oil