Antonio Alonso: Flowers Seller Mexican Folk Art Home DŽcor The opossum holds his pole

The opossum holds his pole with both paws

compact and warm

and this rooster sits squarely within that classic style

each filled with dense geometric pattern work

and monumental clay sculptures earned him the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes and exhibitions across Mexico

Antonio Alonso: Flowers Seller Mexican Folk Art Home DŽcor The opossum holds his poleThe next figure in Antonio Alonso's street vendor series brings us the florista, the flower seller whose wooden crate of fresh blooms is one of the most enduring sights in any Mexican market. Here she is rendered as a female tlacuache, dignified and absorbed in her work, cradling a generous bouquet against her chest while a wooden crate of roses waits at her feet. She wears a long red dress patterned with a fine white grid, finished at the hem with an