Alberto Jimenez: Tall Praying Angel Sculpture At her feet is a

At her feet is a small angel holding her aloft

each step softly stippled with white petals and edged in long garlands of papel picado in turquoise

horns lifted

With its very well-sculpted form

she’s prepared to step into our hearts

Alberto Jimenez: Tall Praying Angel Sculpture At her feet is aPraying 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