Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross railroad sign a conversation piece for sure

a conversation piece for sure

Retrospective exhibitions of his work have been presented in Dublin

It appears that a second ship drawing was likely intended for the smaller of the two

would surely be my favorite

framed with this amazing sculptural mane that appears covered in gold leaf

Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross railroad sign a conversation piece for sureI'm not the best with Chrisitian iconography, but I believe this subject of this antique Mexican retablo is a young Jesus, with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death, and the lily in his hand his resurrection. I really like the fact that he looks both like a baby and and old man, hovering between clouds above and below, and with the wear to the paint giving a sense of rain or tears streaming down. And the black of his gown