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Title: Wildlife the Nature Paintings of Carl Brenders by Carl Brenders ISBN: 0-8109-3977-0 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 12 August, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic Example !
Comment: If you are not a collector of wildlife paintings or limited edition fine art work yet, you definitely will be after you see these images. Many people belive these are only photos. Carl Brenders captures so much detail in his paintings, most are fooled who do not know of his works. From the finest feathers of a golden eagle's head to the glass-like eyes of a Canadian Lynx to lichen and moss on rocks and trees.
I have been an art dealer for many years and still am in awe at his paintings and prints. It is truly amazing that someone has the ability to represent wildlife in such a way.
Rating: 4
Summary: A maestro!
Comment: If you love wildlife art that shows every hair, whisker or feather of a wild creature and every blade of grass, leaf or branch in the "background", Carl Brenders is your man. His work is technically brilliant and acutely observed, resulting in paintings that are more real than reality.
This man can draw! There are a few pencil sketches included in the book. They are a little looser than his impeccable paintings and they appeal to me more than the paintings.
So much art is a matter of taste - I am awe struck by the patience Brenders must possess in order to produce these images, but I personally prefer a more spontaneous approach. I subscribe to James McNeill Whistler's view: "To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view." Brenders manages to achieve a fusion of "great and earnest labour" (he must take months to do each painting!) and creative excellence. That's the only reason why I give a four- and not five-star rating! It's just a little TOO slick for my taste.
The layout of this book is clean and fresh, allowing his detailed paintings lots of white space. Accompanying the paintings is a brief commentary from the artist. This text reinforces the artist's absolute love of his subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite artist
Comment: Carl Brenders is a fantastic artist. I had his calendar hanging in my office and people thought his drawings were photographs. This is an excellent book of his works.
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Title: Painting Wildlife With John Seerey-Lester by John Seerey-Lester, John Seerey Lester ISBN: 1581802420 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: 12 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.99 |
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Title: More Wildlife Painting: Techniques of Modern Masters by Susan Rayfeild, Susan Rayfield ISBN: 0823057453 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Robert Bateman: Natural Worlds by Robert Bateman, Rick Archbold ISBN: 068482986X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Birds by Robert Bateman ISBN: 0375421823 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Wildlife Art: 60 Contemporary Masters & Their Work by Joan Muyskens Pursley ISBN: 0942620437 Publisher: Portfolio Press Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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