Paintings by Manuel Lopez Rodrigo
With an established reputation in his native Spain, Manuel is an animal artist of the most special kind who has created a vast repertoire of Africa’s big game and the ibex and wild animals of Europe now building a following in the UK and the US. His principal medium is pencil on board. His work includes Africa's big game, working dogs, farm animals, as well as European and British game and he welcomes commissions for any animal you wish to immortalise. Manuel’s following includes collectors of art but also people who perhaps have never made an investment in a painting, and if they were going to own just one serious painting, it would be one of his.
Manuel's intention is that when you look at his pictures you will be thinking of the next movement that the animal will make because you are seeing a behaviour, an action or a thought rather than a shape. He achieves this by combining Hyperrealism and so precise representation of the animal, with Impressionism; the former gives the picture strength and density and the latter conveys a strong sense of life and movement. Certainly there are some wonderfully accurate paintings of animals in the world but to breathe life into them requires an injection of ‘factor x’ and Manuel seems to have it..... The fact that he is also a taxidermist means that he has a particular understanding of form and movement.
One of Manuel’s great inspirations is the work of Jan Vermeer and he frequently uses light to breathe life into the subject animals and birds. Another Manuel´s great inspirations are Bruno Liljefors, Rien Poortvliet, Raymond Ching, Helmer Osslund, John Singer Sargent, Joaquín Sorolla, Natori Shunsen, Colin See Paynton, Turf One, Euan Uglow, Frank Frazetta.
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