Exvoto Mexican Folk Art - Man, Skeleton with Third Eye and Virgin 1960s lamp mother-of-pearl buttons

mother-of-pearl buttons

or anyone who would listen

To have a picture plane where you can have some freedom of thought is mesmerizing to me

Signed and dated on verso

Exvoto Mexican Folk Art - Man, Skeleton with Third Eye and Virgin 1960s lamp mother-of-pearl buttons12" x 9" A vibrant exvoto folk art painting by Christopher Rodriguez Contreras. A contemporary artist that tells a tale of gratitude. Contreras offers a window into the everyday life of the common people of Mexico through tales once told. Acrylic on tin. Signed "CR 24" bottom right. " on verso. Some minor scratches to painting. Unframed. Translation: "Filemon Juarez pays this exvoto to the dark skinned Virgin that the bony one with the human face