James Cordova Arts

Bulto, 2000

Hand-carved wood, home-made gesso, water-based natural pigments, piñon-resin varnish.

San Isidro (Ysidro) Labrador (Saint Isidore the Husbandman)

A Spanish farmer whose prayers delighted God so much that he was often sent an angel to do his work. He was married to Santa Maria de la Cabeza. Dressed in farmer's garb and a broad-brimed hat. In his normal iconography, he is depicted praying while an angel works his plow pulled by oxen. He is the patron saint of farmers and laborers, in general.