Patricia Mansell Art
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
A pair of sandhill cranes stand on opposite sides, their intense eyes seemingly watching each other's backs. Their stoic stance accentuates as the pond they inhabit fades into the grayish rainy mist of California's Central Valley in early winter. Rendered with a loose, watercolor-like technique, the birds' portrayal carries an expressive touch.
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 Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic
1990s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic, Board
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic, Panel
2010s Realist Patricia Mansell Art
Acrylic