Very Naive Old Mexican Folk Art Ex Voto Retablo Painting with Wonderful Figures and Geometries beekeeping All very carefully done

All very carefully done

and symbolic

the very best I've ever seen

What a feeling of life force in this woman

which is a little larger than they need but suits them very well

Very Naive Old Mexican Folk Art Ex Voto Retablo Painting with Wonderful Figures and Geometries beekeeping All very carefully doneTotal love for this one a super naive antique Mexican folk art ex voto retablo on tin, c. early 20th century, with no text ever added to the white painted strip along the bottom, such that St. Anthony, shown here holding an infant Jesus, was never given his full thanks! What a wonderfully soulful face on him, and a mini adult one on the baby too, and then this fabulous rose cheeked kneeling woman in black with white polka dots, holding up what looks