2020
Artist Comments
"These two glowing marbled godwits are painted at the edge of the surf on a soft late evening on a Santa Barbara beach," shares artist Emil Morhardt. "To me, they epitomize avian contentment, and looking at them gives me a welcome feeling of well-being and an enhanced sense of oneness with the natural world."
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 in the natural world. Before painting birds, he painted landscapes of San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra. Emil was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his father, who was one of the early California watercolorists. Emil has a BA in Zoology from Pomona College and a PhD in Environmental Physiology and Ecology from Rice University. He also was a Professor of Environmental Biology at Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges.
Words that describe this painting: Marbled Godwit, shorebirds, birds, animals, shore, beach, coast, wildlife, Audubon, animals, realism, representational, acrylic painting, black
Two Godwits at Night
Emil Morhardt
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2020
24 in. h x 30 in. w x 1.5 in. d
4 lbs. 6 oz.
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 coyotes run by. Surrounded by this wildlife, Morhardt 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. Morhardt captures the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds display in the natural world. Before painting birds, he painted landscapes of San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra. Morhardt was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his father, who was one of the early California watercolorists. Morhardt has a BA in Zoology from Pomona College and a Ph.D. in Environmental Physiology and Ecology from Rice University. He also was a Professor of Environmental Biology at Claremont McKenna, Scripps and Pitzer Colleges.
A Pair of Curlews, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"These two long-billed curlews are gazing at us with an unmistakable curiosity," says artist Emil Morhardt. "Like many shorebirds, when I sat on the beach qui...
Acrylic
Three Long-Billed Curlews, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Long-Billed Curlews, some of the largest of the shorebirds, often hang out together, milling around at the edge of the surf, then wading in to feed. I spotted...
Acrylic
Three Whimbrels in Conversation, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The two nearer whimbrels look to me," shares artist Emil Morhardt. "They look as though they might be discussing whether or not to let junior fly to Florida ...
Acrylic
Whimbrel #11 Speaking Out, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This whimbrel was trying to tell me something as he was leaving. Whimbrels don't talk a lot, so this image is amusingly unusual. He's painted in browns and gr...
Watercolor
Two Tentative Terns, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt depicts an Elegant Tern and a Forster’s Tern hanging together in the winter shallows of the Santa Barbara beach in California. Their evening reflections ripple above the water highlighted in gold, silver, and copper leaf. "While the Elegant Terns show up in huge flocks, the much smaller Forester’s tern is uncommon in Santa Barbara, and so a treat to see."
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 in the natural world. Before painting birds, he painted landscapes of San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra. Emil was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his father, who was one of the early California watercolorists...
Acrylic
Sleepy Willet
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Willets are usually at the edge of the surf, poking into the wet sand as they follow each wave in and out. This one, when I came on him, was standing above th...
Acrylic
Brian Needham - Framed 20th Century Watercolour, Black-tailed Godwit
Located in Corsham, GB
Brian Needham. Original watercolour. Black-Tailed Godwit wading in a landscape. Smartly mounted in a gilt-effect frame. Signed lower right. On watercolour paper. Image size: 31.5 x 4...
Watercolor
Birds - Oil painting on canvas by Jean Pierre Gouysse - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is an original contemporary artwork realized by Jean Pierre Gouysse in 1972 Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin Jean Pierre...
Oil
Shorebirds in the Surf an Original Pastel by Gregory Biolchini
Located in Soquel, CA
Shorebirds in the Surf an Original Pastel by Gregory Biolchini Shorbirds in the Florida Surf by Gregory Biolchini (American, B- 1948). Lively pastel with eager Shorebirds hunting for...
Oil Pastel, Laid Paper
Robert Greenhalf, Curlews and Woodpigeons, Limited Edition Print, Bird Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Robert Greenhalf Curlews and Woodpigeons Limited Edition Print Woodcut on Paper Edition of 100 Paper Size: H 26cm x W49 cm Image Size: H 16cm x W 38.5...
Paper, Woodcut
Snipe Flight
By Thomas Quinn
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original watercolor painting by artist Thomas Quinn. 13.5 x 15.5 Framed.
Watercolor
"In It Together", Contemporary, Bird, Blue, Night Sky, Mixed Media
By Anne Sargent Walker
Located in Franklin, MA
Anne Sargent Walker’s Oil and Acrylic painting "In It Together", depicts three beautifully rendered birds in migration flight against a deep blue, starlit night sky. The sky lightens...
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
