Wildlife the Nature Paintings of Carl Brenders

The numerous paintings, from the wolf on the cover, to large and small Mammals, including the Majestic Golden Eagle and other beautiful birds makes you appreciate these treasured animals and the outstanding skill the artist displays in each stroke makes you want to reach out and touch every coat and feather.

This book is absolutely beautiful. Great narrative to accompany the art work. So realistic the animals seem to leap off the pages.

It's a beautiful book but I would have liked to see all of his work and not just a small part of it. The book could have showed more of his earlier work, like "The Family Tree" and a few other that were very successful paintins and sold out as print. I had to buy the book "Song of Creation" to see 15 of the paintings that were missing in that book. For the fan of Carl Brenders, this book is a must although it is not complete. I hope he will eventualy publish a book with full reference to his work and in larger size. I don't mind if it would cost 100$ or more.

Carl Brenders is one of the most amazing artists in existence when it comes to realistic animal paintings. His work is so fine and detailed that it would be easy to mistake one of his pieces for a photograph. Being a fan of realism, I can't help but love his exquisite paintings. This book contains over fifty beautiful pieces, depicting a wide array of North American wildlife, including bears, deer, foxes, raccoons, wolves, cougars, squirrels, many species of bird, and more. Each painting is accompanied by its title, dimensions, media information, and year of completion, as well as a few paragraphs explaining the inspiration for that particular piece (written by Brenders himself). With some he has included preliminary sketches, all of which are fine drawings in and of themselves. The margins are large and there is plenty of "white space" (but not too much) so that the pages look balanced and uncluttered. At the end there is a short biography of the artist, discussing his childhood in Belgium, how he came to love animals and nature, his schooling in art, his career as an artist, and a little about his technique. This book would be a terrific coffee-table item or gift idea for any lover of wildlife art.

I love the works of Carl Brenders and Robert Bateman, and this volume is not a disappointment. Brenders paints with a realism that doesn't look like wildlife photographs; his works look better than photographs. If anyone can improve on the depiction of nature's beauty, it is Brenders.

The man is a god. His wildlife paintings will absolutely blow you away. The depth of his realism is only matched by his depth of feeling. I'm so glad I now own this treasure.