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Emil Morhardt
Canada Goose #1, Original Painting

2021

About the Item

Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt photographed this goose from a small boat on the Multnomah Channel in Portland, Oregon. "It was serenely paddling along just a few feet away, occasionally dipping in to get something to eat, hence the water droplets," shares Emil. "These geese can be aggressive, especially in the early summer when they have goslings to protect as this one did, but the boat evidently posed no threat."


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 in the natural world. Before painting birds, he painted landscapes of San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra. Emil was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his father, who was one of the early California watercolorists. Emil has a BA in Zoology from Pomona College and a PhD in Environmental Physiology and Ecology from Rice University. He also was a Professor of Environmental Biology at Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges.


Words that describe this painting: goose, Canada goose, wildlife, bird, animal, realism, minimal, eye, portrait, animals, realism, acrylic painting, grey


Canada Goose #1
Emil Morhardt
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2021
36 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.5 in. d
7 lbs. 10 oz.


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  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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  • Condition:
    Canada Goose #1. Emil Morhardt. Acrylic painting on stretched canvas. Finished edges. Varnished and Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front.
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 720501stDibs: LU92218721992
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