The Bird Seller 1976

Vicente Manansala made "The Bird Seller" using oil paint, capturing a moment teeming with life and color. Just imagine Manansala, brush in hand, teasing out these cubist shapes and forms. I can almost feel the push and pull, that give-and-take between the artist, the canvas, and the subject. The colors are singing! Warm yellows and greens play against cooler blues and grays to create a sense of depth and movement. I'm curious about the way he rendered the bird seller himself—how he used these same fractured planes of color to convey his figure weighed down by the cages. The brushstrokes feel deliberate, each one contributing to the overall composition. You know, painting is a constant conversation, an ongoing exchange of ideas across time. Manansala's work reminds me of artists like Braque and Picasso, who were also grappling with how to represent three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface. It's like they're all in this eternal dialogue, inspiring each other's creativity.