At left, Nuestra Señora del Carmen and below, La Sagrada Familia. Both will be part of the installation in Bishop James Wall’s private chapel in Gallup.
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I really love the art form, but for me, it means much more than that. It’s where I was meant to be, it’s who I am and it’s how I know God blessed me.
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The sketch was drawn by Cisneros Sena’s grandfather, whom she never knew. He was a shepherd and would disappear with his flocks into the hills and return with drawings, Cisneros Sena said. The sketch is flanked by two of Cisneros Sena’s own drawings of the Good Shepherd with large-eyed male and female children holding lambs. Like her grandfather’s drawings, the sheep are simply rendered, yet softly alive. These drawings are a small, personal display, almost an afterthought in comparison to Cisneros Sena’s huge, expressive and public retablos. But there in the hallway, the artistic and cultural links to Cisneros Sena’s past are tangible and present.
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