a gift for my best friend
This is a gift for my best friend. She lives in Merida, Mexico and loves Catrinas. I bought her one a few years ago and she loved it. I chose this one as she is an amazing gardener. This catrina of the garden is so gorgeous. The colors and craftsmanship are amazing. My friend is coming home for Christmas so I am very excited to present her with this beautiful piece of art.
I don't usually buy depictions of people, but...
I have a pretty substantial collection of folk art, and at the time that I purchased these, I had only four items in my collection which arguably depicted people. I tend to much prefer animals, plants, and geometric forms. However I really like Quipac's earrings and his page is one I check almost every month to see if he has new work. When I saw these, these struck me not so much as people as representations of a culture and a costume displayed in a beautiful geometric pattern. They were also on sale at the time! I got them, and have them displayed on a jewelry tree I also got from Novica, where they are accompanied by bats from Indonesia and some other work by the same artist depicting a leaf and a flower.