RIVERBANK KESTREL A/P#5/20

(Limited Edition Giclee Canvas)

(SOLD OUT from the publisher)

by: Carl Brenders

  • Image Size: 34"h x 20"w (stretched)
  • Published: 2016
  • Issue Price: $745.
  • Edition size: 20
  • This is print: (Artist Proof) A/P#5/20
  • Excellent Value Here!!
  • This giclee canvas is signed and numbered by the artist and GUARANTEED to arrive in MINT condition.
  • Carl Brenders is one of the finest wildlife artists in the world.
  • We are offering this canvas never framed or hung, in the original plastic wrap, with certificate of authenticity.
  • We will gladly ship to you insured UPS for $29. in the contiguous US.
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CARL BRENDERS Carl Brenders’ love for all creatures, from the friendly to the ferocious, is evident in his masterful attention to their every detail; nothing is overlooked. With his imagination, Brenders is able to get close enough to wild animals so that he can almost feel their textures. Consequently, his work has a tactile reality, giving us the sense of having been where even the most intrepid of field guides have not ventured. Of this ability Brenders says, "A painter is a privileged being, because in his imagination he can come very close to the animals he paints. In reality, one can never come this close to wild animals, particularly if they are predators." Brenders' insistence on anatomical perfection in his paintings stems from his philosophy that nature, itself, is perfection: “That is why I paint the way I do with so much detail and so much realism — I want to capture that perfection," he says.

RIVERBANK KESTREL

"In my paintings, colour combinations are very important. sometimes the colours of a background are just begging for a certain complementary colour. The kestrel's colours fit perfectly into this background of bluish to yellowish lichen and mosses.
"Kestrels spend a lot of time hovering in the air, looking for food on the ground. Their colors are usually not so easy to see. Only when they fly in front of forests or mountains does their real beauty become visible. I wanted that excitement in my painting, so I used a quiet, dark background, in which I let the bird sit instead of fly. This way the viewer can forget his frustration about wild birds that always fly away and never can be watched for very long."- Carl Brenders.

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