The retablos in Dead White, made by Detective Okerlund's old partner, Sgt. Manny Trujillo, are part of a long New Mexico tradition. The painters themselves are called retableros or santeros, makers of saints. They may paint on tin or wood.
Here is a traditional Madonna and Child I picked up at an arts fair in Albuquerque. Artist unknown.
Here is of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico City, by Elizabeth Dell Golbach. I picked it up in Taos. This is the saint with the angel on the hem that Sgt. Manny Trujillo used to paint the retablo that plays a big part in the story.
There truly are saints for all occasions! Here is St. Liberata, patron saint to "relieve self of unwanted suitors and burdensome husbands." By Richard M. Montoya of Santa Cruz.
RSS Feed
