Antonio Alonso: Flowers Seller Mexican Folk Art bead art The white belly carries small

The white belly carries small teal drops

artist of the Pedacitos de Mi Tierra workshop

covered in concentric orange dots

Dimensions: 9

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Antonio Alonso: Flowers Seller Mexican Folk Art bead art The white belly carries smallThe next figure in Antonio Alonso's street vendor series brings us the florista, the flower seller whose wooden crate of fresh blooms is one of the most enduring sights in any Mexican market. Here she is rendered as a female tlacuache, dignified and absorbed in her work, cradling a generous bouquet against her chest while a wooden crate of roses waits at her feet. She wears a long red dress patterned with a fine white grid, finished at the hem with an