Brenders was born near Antwerp, Belgium, and has drawn since childhood. He
studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Antwerp and later at Berchem. He has
produced wildlife illustrations for a series of books entitled The Secret Life
of Animals. His artwork is regularly exhibited in the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art
Museum's prestigious "Birds in Art" and "Wildlife in Art"
shows.
The wildlife images of Brenders' art are first created from pencil sketches;
from these sketches his mixed media paintings of watercolor and gouache are
completed with a technique he has developed during the last 25 years. His
paintings, which encompass every intricacy of nature, devote equal attention to
the detail of the wildlife subject and its habitat as well as to the mood
created by the light.
Brenders' art enjoys international acclaim. He is widely collected in North
America, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Holland, Argentina and in his native
Belgium. Brenders combines his dreams, his senses, his imagination and his
strict attention to anatomical perfection to make his paintings. He says,
"Nature is already beautiful, already perfect. That is why I paint the way
I do with so much detail and so much realism - I want to capture that
perfection."
"Wildlife art shows the essence of life and
tells a story of millions of years. This planet could be a paradise. That's
what wildlife artists want to show you. I will keep showing the wild beauty
of this planet to the world."
- Carl
Brenders
