Belgian animal painter Carl Brenders. The world of wild nature.

Carl Brenders (Belgien, 1937) has been working as an animal painter for more than a quarter of a century after studying at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts. And it seems that there are no secrets in nature that would not be revealed to him, would not be reflected in his paintings. The amazing realism of the images of animals, breathing, moving and as if frozen for a moment in front of the viewer, has earned the artist worldwide fame, long ago going beyond the borders of Belgium.

Brenders is not just an animal painter. Conveying proportions, shades is a matter of technique that can be developed over years of training. But the tenacious, amazingly loving and penetrating look of a naturalist is one of God’s gifts. Observing, looking closely, studying animals, the animal artist snatches from their everyday life certain moments, colored with the subtlest veil of divine touch and the grandeur of nature.

The persistence of the animal artist Karl Brenders in drawing the smallest anatomical details is explained by his philosophy and confidence that nature itself is already perfection. “That is why I paint with such detail, and there is so much realism in my paintings. I want to capture and convey this perfection.”

“In my paintings of nature, I would like to share my experience and knowledge of the hidden, almost intimate life of the animal world, to convey moments of paradise experienced in communication with them.”

As an animal artist, Karl Brenders does not limit himself to depicting only animals. His paintings are filled with all the beauties of nature. He paints plants and textures of the sky, stones, water with no less care and genius.

Observing animals in the wild is fraught with many difficulties and dangers. That is why animal artist Carl Brenders draws most of his paintings based on sketches made during visits to zoos and breeding grounds.

“An artist is a privileged being because when he paints he can get very close to animals… in his imagination. In reality, you can never get that close to wild animals, especially if they are predators.”