Acrylic and silverleaf on gessoed watercolor paper
Title: Arroyo Hondo Retablo
Artwork size: 23.375" x 23.5"
Frame of laquered wood covered with hammered tin and matted with archival white mat.
Framed size: 37.25" x 38.5"
Painted in the studio
Price:$ 1,650
The retablo story reads:
Franke's mom, Salome, died at fiesta time in 1999. Franke died at fiesta the next year.
When the preist said the last prayer at Franke's funeral, the sound of the birds filled the sanctuary, the
sound of the birds filled the copia, the sound of the birds filled the people. They were preparing to sing,
but Dolores stood up and said, “I don't think we need to sing, the birds have filled Franke's tree
and are singing for him.” Then the birds flew from the tree forming a ribbon, taking Franke's spirit to heaven.
Story as told by Pam Harris — September, 2000
Our Lady of Sorrows, Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico