Armando Jimenez: Alebrije Rooster Woodcarving Saint Benedict feels like it’s gliding through

feels like it’s gliding through a moonlit garden

Dimensions: 3''Tall 8''Long  8

every pattern carefully balanced

The painting is bold and confident

This figure has such an attractive angular and smooth form that blends beautifully with the contrasting purple and pink modernistic painting

Armando Jimenez: Alebrije Rooster Woodcarving Saint Benedict feels like it’s gliding throughArmando Jimenez carves his alebrijes in the tradition of his grandfather, Don Manuel Jimnez Ramrez, founder of the Oaxacan alebrije movement, and this rooster sits squarely within that classic style. The rooster is caught off balance on purpose, weight forward, comb thrown back, tail sweeping high into a curve that pulls the whole composition upward and to one side. Across cultures the rooster has long stood for the turn from dark to light, the animal