Vulture Paintings
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
1940s American Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Varnish, Acrylic, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
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
2010s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
1980s Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Oil
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Mixed Media
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Oil
1910s Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf
1850s Realist Animal Paintings
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf
1930s American Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 1900s Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Watercolor
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