Song of Creation

Carl Brenders is my idol as far as artists go. I work constantly to try to be as good as he is. I don't know that I will ever achieve that. He is beyond words. God has given him not only the gift of art, but Carl's love of God and His world have been formed into this exquisite book. It is one of my most prized possessions.

I ordered it because I am interested in wildlife paintings, but besides being delighted with Carl Brenders stunning works, I was surprised with the beautiful texts from the past that invite us to think! Beautiful book!

I already had the book "wildlife, the nature paintings of carl brender" but I am still happy I got that book. It's not only a handfull of paintings, but 15 paintings that appear in that book and that are not in "The Nature Paintings of Carl Brenders". There is a beautiful portrait of a tiger, a polar bear standing on snowy bank, Broken Silence, and a few others of his famous paintings that have sold out as print and that you can't find anywhere. I think without this book the collection of his work is simply not complete. With the 2 books, one has a much better representation of Carl Brender's work. In the Song of Creation, one can find especialy his earlier paintings. The printing is a little lacking in vivid colors, but the images are still of good quality to see the detail in the painting.

If you're a steadfast fan of Carl Brenders, and already own his previous book "Wildlife," there would be little use in purchasing this book. All but a handful of the paintings that appear in "Songs of Creation" are also found in "Wildlife," where they are printed, for the most part, in a larger size. In "Songs of Creation" the prints are smaller, and some cross the centerfold of the book, making it difficult to see the entire work. Nevertheless, it is still a beautiful book, and may be a decent substitute if you hesitate to purchase the more expensive "Wildlife."Carl Brenders is an extremely talented artist, and produces some of the most gorgeous realistic animal paintings around. His work is easy to mistake for a photograph at first glance if you haven't seen one of his paintings before. This particular collection contains 36 of Brenders' paintings, depicting a variety of animals: bears, eagles, deer, wolves, foxes, big cats, and more. The layout is fairly nice, with pleasing background colors, though I still prefer the look of "Wildlife." The only major drawback is, as I mentioned before, the fact that several paintings cross the centerfold.As the title might suggest, each work is accompanied by a verse of poetry or an excerpt from the Bible. The text is all very Christian, but non-Christians could easily ignore it in favor of the artwork, if inclined to do so. In terms of poetry, it isn't that spectacular in the first place. To get to the bottom line, I'd recommend this only if you don't want to spend the money on "Wildlife." It's not a bad collection in and of itself, but "Wildlife" is much better and contains nearly every painting seen here, minus the poetry.

I don't know about these other reviews of this book. This artist is the best of the best! You don't get any more real than this man! His art is breath taking and if you were to put this book out on a table at your house, everyone that would look at it, would say are these really paintings? I can't imagine anyone could produce such realistic art! Take it from me this man is a ledgend!Buy it, don't listen to the other critics!Trust me, you'll thank me!