Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Authentic Talavera Candleholder and a painting style entirely

and a painting style entirely his own

it took two years to produce and has never been replicated

and angels are among his most personal and accomplished works

the only interruption in an otherwise unbroken field of sgraffito detail

Nicolas Morales: Little Hen Woodcarving Authentic Talavera Candleholder and a painting style entirelyLovely little hen by Oaxacan woodcarving artist Nicolas Morales. The gallinita is perfectly painted. Nicolas Morales carves her round as a loaf and paints her to the last feather, dividing the body into a dozen small areas, each finished in its own pattern. The back glows in an orange labyrinth of curling lines; the wings carry stacked bands of zigzag and Greek key in clean ochre and red, the belly opens into a green flower lattice, and the tail rises