Meet Honorio Croxatto

"To say that in our most intimate realm beats a staunch love for both nature and the animal kingdom is a truth that needs no explanation whatsoever, since all of us can easily find that fondness in our souls. Unlike most people, however, Honorio Croxatto never keeps for himself the affection he feels for certain things, like an impressive tiger or the good looks and bearing of a criollo horse; resorting to his paintbrushes, he painstakingly and skillfully describes each muscle and deep pulsation of the lively bodies.

Jorge Luis Borges's book The Gold of the Tigers and William Blake's words — "What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?" — speak to that same puzzled admiration for such beautiful animals. Honorio Croxatto pays homage to them through extremely detailed images: one depicting a magnificent tiger, the other a black overo horse accompanied by an inconspicuous rider and an outstanding landscape, a green carpet and a pristine sky."

"Honorio's paintings are truly outstanding and denote his exceptional knowledge of hyperrealism, a genre resembling a high-resolution photograph — an independent art movement and style that has developed across the United States and Europe since the early 1970s. The gifted artist portrays here two wild animals, a lion and a black panther, inviting spectators to understand them as gorgeous and free creatures, untainted by human presence, rather than a danger. "Beautiful Watch" places us in time and space, depicting an imposing member of the big cat family closely watching us from the dense, verdant jungle. "The King" is a striking close-up, and its expressive face is utterly moving."