Art by Cope

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

My good friend Cope (José A. Pérez) was showing me some of the work he made last year. He is impressive when it comes to draw and paint! just have a look at the details on each and every feather! He allowed me to share some of his work in here. For those not familiar with this stunning bird, I will say that this is a male Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) which is a very common bird in the Talamanca mountain range here in Costa Rica.

The best of all is that he has never taken any art course, he is certainly gifted.;)

[Harshad Barve]

This is terrific
TFS

[Doug Brown]

Awesome work! Even artists have a hard time not clipping the tail feathers! :D:);)

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Just lovely - brings back wonderful memories of seeing this magical bird at Savegre in Costa Rica with Doug, Greg and co!
What a wonderful artist your friend is...

[Julie Kenward]

That is a true gift! Wow! The detail in the bird is absolutely stunning. Maybe he should try to sell some to the Bird Guide publishers??? That is really awesome!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Looks great, I agree, he should get together with publishers of Bird ID books.

[Gus Cobos]

A beautiful painting Juan Carlos, the feather details are super...thanks for sharing...:cool:

[Dave Mills]

Hi Juan, Fabulous work! Does he have a website? Would like to see more....

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Awesome work! Even artists have a hard time not clipping the tail feathers! :D:);)
LOL

Well Doug, actually it was me who did that when I took the picture.:D

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi Juan, Fabulous work! Does he have a website? Would like to see more....
Hello Dave

He does not have a web page now but we are working on that. :o

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Looks great, I agree, he should get together with publishers of Bird ID books.
It is true Daniel but we have to one to contact up there in the States and the Costa Rican field guides were made by some other artists like Dana Gardner and Robert Dean.:(

[Arthur Morris]

Awesome work! Even artists have a hard time not clipping the tail feathers! :D:);)

Quite loverly but I am often puzzled by artists who choose to clip the tails or do other similar stuff....

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Quite loverly but I am often puzzled by artists who choose to clip the tails or do other similar stuff....
Arthur
Please read pane #9...

[Jackie Schuknecht]

This is beautiful Juan, would be nice to see all the tail, can't he paint it in??

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

This is beautiful Juan, would be nice to see all the tail, can't he paint it in??
Jackie
Please read pane #9...

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks JC. IAC, I have seen lots of painting where the artists cut birds on the frame edge, merge two subjects, etc. All the stuff that we strive to avoid doing <smile>

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks JC. IAC, I have seen lots of painting where the artists cut birds on the frame edge, merge two subjects, etc. All the stuff that we strive to avoid doing <smile>

Probably because there are no critique forums for bird painters. :)
</smile>

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

STUNNING !!!!