Antique Oil on Tin Jesus on Cross and Woman in Bed Mexican Ex Voto Retablo folk art carver 1940s Woodenettes blocks into an

1940s Woodenettes blocks into an endless variety of structures and arrangements to photograph

The poem reads: "Now safe returned from dangers past / With joy I hail the shore / And fear no more the tempests blasts / Nor oceans angry roar

then unhooks to allow the whole thing to fold up flat

accomplishing absolutely nothing

and about the most tender expression of love and connection that I can imagine

Antique Oil on Tin Jesus on Cross and Woman in Bed Mexican Ex Voto Retablo folk art carver 1940s Woodenettes blocks into anI always have an eye out for old retablos, but the old ones I really love are usually super pricey. I was thrilled to find this one then, which I believe is likely late 19th or early 20th century, and both a classic and super beautiful one I think. The text that once ran along the bottom, surely telling the story of this woman's miraculous healing, is either long ago faded away or painted over, which I believe only makes it better, placing all