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Scroll over or click to zoom Emil photographed this brown pelican - one of hundreds - about a mile off the Santa Barbara coast in May 2019, in the company of thousands of common dolphins right at the site of the world’s first major marine oil spill in 1969. "To me, the background of this painting subtly evokes the spill and brings memories of its resulting havoc," explains Emil. "The colorful exuberance of the pelican celebrates the astounding recovery of marine life here, and hope for the future." - Emil Morhardt After the Spill EMIL MORHARDT Acrylic painting on stretched canvas Finished black edges Varnished and Ready to hang One-of-a-kind Signed on front 2019 36" h x 48" w x 1.5" d 10 lbs. 6 oz. $2,325 SHIPS FREE ADD TO CART IN YOUR CART Add to Favorites Add to Registry Emil Morhardt Santa Barbara, California Follow this Artist Unfollow this Artist Getting to Know Emil Emil Morhardt is an artist based in Santa Barbara who expresses his passion for birds through his portfolio of lifelike acrylic paintings. He works from his at-home studio, which is on a high ridge with an unobstructed north-facing view of the mountains behind Santa Barbara. While he paints, foxes, bobcats, and roadrunners occasionally walk up to the glass doors and peer in, and deer and coyote run by. Emil learned to paint from his father when he was growing up in the high desert of California. His father—also named Emil Morhardt—was one of the early California watercolorists. He taught Emil painting technique and instilled him with an appreciation of opaque media. In 1980, Emil began his art career by painting landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Eastern Sierra. Today, he focuses his attention on painting 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. A single painting often uses information from several photos to get the features, behavior, and background. Every painting represents hours and sometimes days of photographing birds in the field. Through his work, Emil hopes to capture the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds show in the natural world. Emil earned a BA in Zoology from Pomona College and a PhD in Environmental Physiology and Ecology from Rice University. In 2011, he moved to Santa Barbara, where he was a Professor of Environmental Biology at Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges. Email this artwork to a friend * To email is required. * Your name is required. * Your email is required. Add art to your favorites Select an existing favorites list or create a new one CREATE Add Cancel Art added to your favorites! CONTINUE SHOPPING VIEW MY FAVORITES Add art to your registry! LOG IN TO YOUR REGISTRY CREATE A NEW REGISTRY Art added to your registry! CONTINUE SHOPPING VIEW MY REGISTRY Registry Item Warning! Your cart contains Registry item.
Scroll over or click to zoom Emil photographed this brown pelican - one of hundreds - about a mile off the Santa Barbara coast in May 2019, in the company of thousands of common dolphins right at the site of the world’s first major marine oil spill in 1969. "To me, the background of this painting subtly evokes the spill and brings memories of its resulting havoc," explains Emil. "The colorful exuberance of the pelican celebrates the astounding recovery of marine life here, and hope for the future." - Emil Morhardt After the Spill EMIL MORHARDT Acrylic painting on stretched canvas Finished black edges Varnished and Ready to hang One-of-a-kind Signed on front 2019 36" h x 48" w x 1.5" d 10 lbs. 6 oz. $2,325 SHIPS FREE ADD TO CART IN YOUR CART Add to Favorites Add to Registry Emil Morhardt Santa Barbara, California Follow this Artist Unfollow this Artist Getting to Know Emil Emil Morhardt is an artist based in Santa Barbara who expresses his passion for birds through his portfolio of lifelike acrylic paintings. He works from his at-home studio, which is on a high ridge with an unobstructed north-facing view of the mountains behind Santa Barbara. While he paints, foxes, bobcats, and roadrunners occasionally walk up to the glass doors and peer in, and deer and coyote run by. Emil learned to paint from his father when he was growing up in the high desert of California. His father—also named Emil Morhardt—was one of the early California watercolorists. He taught Emil painting technique and instilled him with an appreciation of opaque media. In 1980, Emil began his art career by painting landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Eastern Sierra. Today, he focuses his attention on painting 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. A single painting often uses information from several photos to get the features, behavior, and background. Every painting represents hours and sometimes days of photographing birds in the field. Through his work, Emil hopes to capture the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds show in the natural world. Emil earned a BA in Zoology from Pomona College and a PhD in Environmental Physiology and Ecology from Rice University. In 2011, he moved to Santa Barbara, where he was a Professor of Environmental Biology at Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges. Email this artwork to a friend * To email is required. * Your name is required. * Your email is required. Add art to your favorites Select an existing favorites list or create a new one CREATE Add Cancel Art added to your favorites! CONTINUE SHOPPING VIEW MY FAVORITES Add art to your registry! LOG IN TO YOUR REGISTRY CREATE A NEW REGISTRY Art added to your registry! CONTINUE SHOPPING VIEW MY REGISTRY Registry Item Warning! Your cart contains Registry item.