Charles M. Carrillo
(New Mexico, b. 1956)
Crucifix, 1995
carved wood, gesso, pigments
inscribed verso: 1995 C.M. Carrillo

A teacher as well as an artist, Carrillo has conducted over one hundred work shops on santeros through the Spanish Colonial Arts Society at museums and colleges throughout Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. By his own estimation, he has produced over 6000 religious objects since he began in 1977. Source: tfaoi.org
24 5/8 x 15 x 4 in. (62.55 x 38.10 x 10.16 cm.)
The Paul Rhetts Collection, New Mexico

Exhibited:
"Our Saints Among Us: 400 Years of New Mexican Devotional Art", from 1997-2001, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado.

Paul Rhetts, Our Saints Among Us: 400 years of New Mexican Devotional Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998. P. 56