PROMESA, Very Beautiful, Very Naive Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo on Tin, Framed antique kaleidoscope Direction is established by the

Direction is established by the nicely detailed compass at bottom the left

Framed: 7 1/8" x 5"

with some fairly minor scattered toning and a few flagged corners

perfectly aged and smooth from use

I've always got an eye out for religious icon paintings on tin

PROMESA, Very Beautiful, Very Naive Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo on Tin, Framed antique kaleidoscope Direction is established by theThis one had me at the PROMESA, including for the period at the end of the word, as if the final word indeed! My very favorite retablos are of the very naive, very earnest, and relatively spare variety, and I especially like the small ones this painting feeling holy indeed, the heartfelt expression of a true believer, hat in hand, on his knees. And the dark blue ground here feels less as if painted on and more as if emerging from some deep place. In a