Alberto Jimenez: Tall Praying Angel Sculpture by top Oaxacan artist Omar

by top Oaxacan artist Omar Fabian

Handcrafted in Michoacán

it was the lord of the underworld

horns lifted

Here she is rendered as a female tlacuache

Alberto Jimenez: Tall Praying Angel Sculpture by top Oaxacan artist OmarPraying guardian angel by Oaxacan woodcarving artist Alberto Jimenez Ojeda, from the woodcarving village of San Martn Tilcajete. Alberto comes from one of the great woodcarving families of Oaxaca; his sister is Mara Jimnez, one of the most celebrated painters in the tradition, and angels are among his most personal and accomplished works, pieces he carves together with his wife. This angel stands in prayer, eyes cast slightly downward, her expression