Skeleton Computer Mug Museum of International Folk Art and Carol Smith

and Carol Smith

the Santa Fe Trail (from Independence

down through the Grand Canyon

and In the Patio II

the term "Wild West" was a reality

Skeleton Computer Mug Museum of International Folk Art and Carol SmithThese skeletons are inspired by Latin American Day of the Dead folk art, and the works of the great Mexican graphic artist, Jose Guadalupe Posada. Posada was best known for his calaveras, skeletons that actively engage in everyday activities and, with humor and irony, show the absurdity of the human condition. His work was based on the traditional art of All Souls Day, however Posada made his skeletons both more lively and more political. Folk art in