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SAN BLAS ISLANDS PANAMA MOLA Multi-Layered Fabric Handmade Custom Frame Folk Art

1980

Quote from Bob Ross "Only a few "Happy Accidents on this One" LOOK FOR FREE 1STDIBS SHIPPING WHEN YOU CHECK OUT Robert Norman Ross was an American painter,...

This retablo was purchased by the gallery in Mexico City. I knew the family that sold this retablo to me. The writing says" August 8,1944,I give thanks...

This retablo was purchased by the gallery in Mexico City. I knew the family that sold the retablo to me. It is dated 1853 because the story on the retablo was passed down for generations and a relative of Lourdes painted it in her memory. The description on the ex-voto reads: "Thanks to the Virgen of San Juan de los Lagos that I have a new job with my new bosses. That they like my food and they don't mind what I prepare for them. " It is in excellent condition. It is framed behind conservatorship glass. The framed size is 14" x 15". The class should only be cleaned with ammonia free cleaner. An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or to a divinity; the term is usually restricted to Christian examples. It is given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow made") or in gratitude or devotion. Ex-votos are placed in a church or chapel where the worshiper seeks grace or wishes to give thanks. The destinations of pilgrimages often include shrines decorated with ex-votos. Ex-votos can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visitors of the received help. As such they may include texts explaining a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled reproduction of a miraculously healed body part, or a directly related item such as a crutch given by a person formerly lame. There are places where a very old tradition of depositing ex-votos existed, such as Abydos in ancient Egypt. Especially in the Latin world, there is a tradition of votive paintings...

Judy is painted after the last photograph of Judy Garland. Judy is painted on a wood panel in oil. There is no need for a frame. Also shown are the other paintings available by Tommy Cheng...

Art Quilt installation of 1 - 12 panels. The panels may be hung in any formation of your choice, depending on space available. This is the second in a series of work inspired by the ...

Collage inspired by Welsh folk tales and the story of Taliesin by Robert Nye. Each panel is full of abstract imagery texture and doodles conveying a dream like language where so many...

A madcap assortment of shapes randomly applied form the root of this colourful design. Which has been inspired by my thrifty nature and love of using left over scraps of fabrics from...

Collage inspired by Welsh folk tales and the story of Taliesin by Robert Nye. Each panel is full of abstract imagery texture and doodles conveying a dream like language where so many...