Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo carved walnut chain powerful arms with large hands

powerful arms with large hands

and their linear arrangement

The warm dry wood patina here contributes to giving a blush to her cheeks and neck just behind her ear

Standish was military adviser for Plymouth Colony and played a leading role in its administration and defense--both arriving on the Mayflower

PEI (Prince Edward Island)

Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo carved walnut chain powerful arms with large handsI'm perpetually on the hunt for good old retablos, and really love this one with that small black chair at far right really bringing it together for me, such a perfect moment together with the yellow end of that bed. And then this very sweet looking man in white gown kneeling and praying on the bed to a small Madonna and very tiny baby Jesus encircled in blue at far left. The handwriting here is most excellent too, looking like someone's very hard