Antonio Alonso: Street Flowers SellerThe 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

Delightful graveyard scene ceramic sculpture by artist Saul Montesinos

they are the signature tail rackets of the Ocreatus underwoodii

Adorned with paper flowers and birds in her hair

symbolizing divine vision and protection

To adorn it with Mitla grecas and codex sun rosettes is to celebrate a rich cultural exchange

This charming bear by Avelino Perez is full of character

Deep cobalt blue grounds the body

5''Long 3''Wide

so you can pose the scene as you like

The piece is unlike anything else in his repertoire

Antonio reaches beyond folk tradition into something closer to sacred theater

The sculpture has such character