A pair of hoopoes painted in oil on canvas. One of my first paintings, back in 1996. Oil on canvas. Manuel Sosa © 1996
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True art in the hands and heart A beautiful plate. Better in natural. I ordered it as a gift for a bird lover. By mistake they sent me another one and Mr. Sosa was kind enough to give me the wrong one and sent me the one I asked for, so I was able to give a great gift. They are both beautiful. Thank you for your generosity. The person who received them is a follower of your paintings and it made him very happy. Thank you very much.
European Turtle Dove I have this painting, and others, a marvel, I have the house with several paintings of Manuel, thrush, woodcock, quail, if the house would be bigger I would have more, thanks Manuel for making these paintings more accessible.
I was able to personalise the prints Thank you very much for your help, very professional and approachable. All the best!
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| Dimensions | 35 × 43 mm |
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| Dimensions | 35 × 43 mm |
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Amanda V. -
The first thing that catches you is the tremendous compositional bravery. Painting a pair of birds practically from behind is a risky resource that only someone who masters anatomy to the millimeter can afford, and you have resolved it masterfully.
It's a stroke of genius because, instead of seeking the typical frontal portrait, you force us to fix our gaze on the true graphic treasure of the hoopoe: that zebra-like, almost hypnotic, pattern of black and white stripes that unfolds like a heraldic fan across its wings and tail. The retracted crests, following the sharp line of the beaks, provide superb stylized elegance, as if they were two Egyptian statues integrated into the landscape.
And the environment is another painting lesson. That stony ground of calcareous, porous, and whitish rocks, merged with a hazy and clean background, creates an atmosphere of subtle warmth and very Mediterranean dryness. You manage to make the background and the perch vibrate at the same chromatic frequency, making the delicate ocher and cinnamon tones of the birds' chests and heads stand out with brutal finesse and presence. It's a painting that is not just seen, it is breathed.