Fish Paintings
2010s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
2010s Color-Field Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Wood, Spray Paint
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Wood, Spray Paint
Artist Comments
Around noon on a Friday, a tiny rider in a pink tutu balances atop a green dinosaur adorned with a yellow daisy. They navigate the ta...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Aesthetic Movement Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Gouache, Parchment Paper
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Metal
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
1950s Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt paints a swooping hawk he observed circling the sky and then landing on a tall nearby tree. The bird inspects the many gopher holes nearby. Emil captures it just as it launches a successful attack—painting the plumage with fine detailed brushwork and intense colors against a pure white background. The piece embodies the essence of this powerful raptor.
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
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Oil
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Street Art Animal Paintings
Glass, Wood, Spray Paint
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Other Art Style Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Wood, Spray Paint
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Early 2000s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
2010s Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
2010s Figurative Paintings
India Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Oil
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