Watercolour painting of a pair of mallard ducks. Watercolour and gouache. Manuel Sosa © 2018
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True art in the hands and heart The fine art print is beautiful. It looks even better in person. I ordered it as a gift for a bird lover. By mistake, they sent me a different one, and Mr. Sosa had the wonderful gesture of gifting me the incorrect one and sending me the one I had ordered, which allowed me to give a truly magnificent gift. Both are beautiful. Thank you for your generosity. The person who received them is a follower of your paintings and was immensely happy. Many thanks.
European turtle dove I have this painting, and others too, a marvel. I have my home adorned with several paintings by Manuel: a Song Thrush, a Common Snipe, a Common Quail. If my house were bigger, I would have more. Thank you Manuel for making these paintings more accessible.
I was able to customize the fine art prints Many thanks for your help, very professional and approachable. I wish you all the best!
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| Dimensions | 32 × 24 mm |
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| Dimensions | 32 × 24 mm |
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Federico Ansón -
Manuel, you manage to capture with extraordinary mastery the quintessential duck of our marshes and rivers. Mastering the transparency of water on paper to portray the speed and liveliness of these birds is something within reach of very few.
How beautiful the color of the male mallard in the foreground is. That metallic, glowing bottle-green neck and head stand out spectacularly against the clean watercolor background, creating a perfect chromatic interplay with the chestnut breast and, above all, with that translucent and vibrant violet-blue wing speculum that seems to catch the sunlight mid-wingbeat. The female, flying in perfect synchrony just below, displays a cryptic, brown plumage pattern rendered with millimeter-precise subtlety in the brushstroke. In the background, clean watercolor washes suggest the marshland plain and a soft expanse of water, giving the figures an extraordinary three-dimensionality and sharpness. You can almost feel the whistle of the feathers cutting through the humid air.