Wonderfully Beatific St. Anthony of Padua with Baby Jesus (with Foot Loss) woman in kimono I take the pale pink

I take the pale pink flowers as peonies

but just enhancing its sense of objecthood a bit

I like to think they were best friends

and perhaps indeed this frame was made by an inmate

Can is solid wood

Wonderfully Beatific St. Anthony of Padua with Baby Jesus (with Foot Loss) woman in kimono I take the pale pinkOne of two beautiful antique carved santos figures today, this one I am fairly certain representing St. Anthony of Padua, and I think maybe the other is too. Love at first sight with this one, so gentle feeling, beatific, making me feel more serene just by proximity. And I love the way the child he carries baby Jesus, with ball globe in hand sits squarely atop the book (Bible) in his hand as if it were a chair, while reaching for his collar as if