“Baroque Style Nature Scene with Birds in Forest” - Martha Ochoa

Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 32 x 40 in. unframed.
 
This vibrant oil on canvas painting presents a lively and detailed nature scene, in Martha Ochoa's masterful Colonial Baroque, Cusco School Style, reminiscent of Baroque-era natural history illustrations. The scene is filled with an array of exotic birds. The composition is set within a forested landscape featuring large, dark tree trunks on the right and open, sunlit clearing with blue sky on the left. The foreground features a gathering of eight birds of diverse species including a turquoise fronted parrot, a Eurasian jay, and a northern lapwing, and white-eared pheasant among other types.. the painting features a rich palette of natural colors and earth tones. Ochoa paints with meticulous detail, highlighting the unique characteristics of each avian subject within a idealized natural environment.