Eagle Mountain Publishing

“Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen will make history in wildlife art. He is pure, and all of his
heart and soul are in his work.”

— Carl Brenders

“I find Carel’s paintings quite beautiful, capturing as they do both a sense of mystery experienced by the naturalistand a feel of comfort on behalf of the animals in their environment. They are also executed at a high level of technical excellence.”

— Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University

“Carel Manages to combine meticulous accuracy with a very pleasing aesthetic which I’d love to experience in the original. These are very impressive works, worthy of the highest standards of natural history documentation yet simultaneously informed by a sensuous artistic sensibility. I really like these paintings!”

— Ian Tatterstall, American Museum of Natural History

“Carel’s paintings have a distinctive look and feel to them that is not found in most Natural History Illustration. The plants and animals are readily identifyable, but the context in which they are presented turns them into true works of art. They have an ethereal quality to them that borders on the Gothic. Not only would I like seeing them in my books, but I would love to have one hanging on the wall of my office, or living room, for that matter.”

— Don E. Wilson, Smithsonian Institution

“Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen has brought a singular vitality to wildlife art. Uncompromisingly detailed and artfully composed, his work is at once vivid and startling, depicting seldom-illustrated species engaged in life’s struggles—alive. To view his work is to be pulled into the drama and diversity of life.”

— William W. Lamar, University of Texas at Tyler

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