Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! gifts for women and think it would be

and think it would be especially great with ivy growing all around it

really wonderfully illustrated

this may be my very favorite animal find yet to add to the menagerie

I found a trove of treasures at the estate sale of artist and gallerist Cynthia Numark Prelack

and for good reason

Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! gifts for women and think it would beI've seen a lot of old Mexican ex voto retablo paintings on tin, giving thanks to various saints for their divine interventions, but I'm not sure I've ever seen one executed as an ink drawing like this one, which was done in sepia colored ink. Perhaps it was done in advance of a painting, I'm not sure, but I'm very glad it exists as a drawing! The basic story, really wonderfully illustrated, with great attention paid to setting the scene (I especially