Cactus with Owl and Snake Figures Wood / Paint

Wood / Paint

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

one man with a huge white balloon and two people disguised as giants (see their head below the waist in a cut out in the dress

19 cm (tallest)

The plumed Serpend represents wisdom and is the bridge between heaven and earth

Cactus with Owl and Snake Figures Wood / Paint22x19, 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.