Buffalo — Newly Arrived from Mexico

We’re just back from the Gather. (Pho­tos here.)

Yes­ter­day this fine fel­low arrived from Mex­ico (via San Diego.)

He was carved and painted by our friends Jacobo and Maria Ange­les who live and work in Tilca­jete, Oax­aca. You can see more of their work on their web page. (If you get a chance to stop by thier restau­rant I rec­om­mend the Chile de Agua Rel­lenos. Wicked good.)

We ordered the buf­falo when we were in Oax­aca in Feb­ru­ary. The carv­ing was already done and we chose the basic color mix but the details of the paint­ing is always left up to the painter. It’s always a sur­prise when the piece arrives.

The head shot shows some of the details and his lit­tle bit of a frown.

I have sev­eral pieces that Jacobo has made for me. All cats, until this one. One of these days I’ll dig out pic­tures of the rest of our pieces and some of our vis­its to Jacobo and Maria’s house.