Lucero Fuentes: Bull Woodcarving Alebrije Trees of Life were used in pre-Columbian cultures

were used in pre-Columbian cultures

completing the four cardinal directions

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

and unique color palette set this piece apart as a museum-quality sculpture

Isabel Fabian is certainly one of the most talented woodcarving artists in Oaxaca today

Lucero Fuentes: Bull Woodcarving Alebrije Trees of Life were used in pre-Columbian culturesA 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