Bulto of the Virgin of Guadalupe c. 1936

E. Boyd painted this Bulto of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and look at that palette! Those blues, reds, and oranges mixing together so playfully. I wonder, when Boyd was making this, what were they thinking about? The paint is laid down pretty flat, but there's a real richness in how those colors work together. See how the edges aren't precise? They sort of bleed into each other, which makes the image feel softer, dreamier somehow. It's like they were letting the colors have a conversation of their own. And the Virgin's expression, it's so gentle and kind. You can feel the artist's care in the way they've rendered her face, the careful strokes, the slight smile. It reminds me of other folk art I’ve seen, where the artists aren’t necessarily aiming for perfect representation, but something more heartfelt. It feels like they’re building on each other, riffing on the same themes, passing down ideas. There's a real generosity in that, don't you think?