Cactus with Owl and Snake Figures Simple carving and painting -

Simple carving and painting - the heart of Oaxacan wood carving

Wood/Paint/Fibres nat

In this piece both carving and painting have made a perfect object

which is festooned with fireworks

The subject is identified in many church carvings which are themselves a source for contemporary woodcarvers and painters such as Maria Jimenez Ojeda

Cactus with Owl and Snake Figures Simple carving and painting -22x19, h. 38 cm Wood Paint Origin Oaxaca Signed A tree of life. An owl, two love birds, a humming bird taking nectar from the cactus flowers. a bird tending two chicks in a nest and a snake all bound in an old large cactus tree. Life and the struggle of life. A day.