The rich imagination of Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo is brilliantly expressed in this large canvas, featuring one of his totemic animals, the rooster. In this painting titled “De madrugada al rocío” (2009), two children ride a huge rooster whose colorful plumage shines against an intensely lit cobalt blue sky. Other birds flutter around them in the magical hour of dawn, alluding to the title. At their feet, dreamlike vegetation shines as well. This artwork is in line with Fabelo’s other works, especially his famous “Viaje Fantástico” (2012), where a woman also migrates on a rooster. The play of scales, vivid palette, expressive charge, and surrealist legacy are combined in this…