This lively camel by Oaxaca's Neftali Martinez of Tribus Mixes is an explosion of color and pattern. Its body is covered in swirling mandala-like designs, tiny scales and triangles, and rivers of dots in turquoise, coral, yellow, red, and violet that flow all around the hump and legs as desert winds turned into paint. Bright, alert eyes and inky black hooves give it a wonderfully animated, almost storybook presence.
Tribus Mixes are known in Oaxaca for their energetic, highly detailed style, and this camel shows it beautifully, carved. Every surface is meticulously painted, inviting you to keep discovering new motifs each time you look.
