Lucero Fuentes: Bull Woodcarving Alebrije Trees of Life 5''Tall 13''Long 11''Wide

5''Tall 13''Long 11''Wide

making the sculpture not just decorative but spiritually meaningful

but they are not for worship

were used in pre-Columbian cultures

Lucero Fuentes: Bull Woodcarving Alebrije Trees of Life 5''Tall 13''Long 11''WideA wonderful bashful bull by artist Lucero Fuentes, daughter of master carver Epifanio Fuentes. The pose is full of energy: head down, horns lifted, the whole body coiled and ready. A long tail curves upward behind, ribboning through the full rainbow from red at the root to green at the tip, giving the piece a festive spring that lightens all that ground level power. The painting is pure pleasure. The front half carries stacked horizontal bands in