The beautiful Pin-tailed sandgrouse. The female lying next to the male. Oil painting on panel. © Manuel Sosa 2016
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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.
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| Dimensions | 40 × 32 mm |
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| Dimensions | 40 × 32 mm |
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Manuel Sosa -
Spending hours camouflaged in a suffocating dryland just to see the sandgrouse come down to drink is one of those naturalist's follies that are worth it. In this oil painting, I wanted to portray this pair in their environment, highlighting their spectacular plumage that looks like pure camouflage goldsmithing. I added a lot of texture to the sandy ground and very clean tones on the chest to contrast with the ochres of the back. Finally, with the scientific annotation on the canvas, I sought that classic field notebook feel but with the power of oil painting.
Martín Nuñez -
What brush finesse, master! Sandgrouse are extremely difficult birds to see in the field, and even more so to portray with such fidelity. They have a plumage design that looks like authentic goldsmithing, and you've nailed it on the canvas in a spectacular way.
The contrast of the two figures against that whitish, arid ground, so typical of the drylands and moors where they live, is amazing. You have perfectly captured the golden, ocher tones and that characteristic brown and black collar they display on their chest. The textures of the feathers on the back, which look like golden scales, have incredible vibration and volume. As a detail of a naturalist master, the fine-brush scientific annotation in the upper corner gives it the definitive look of a classic field plate, but with the strength and substance of a great oil painting.