Flores, 500-Piece Velvet-Touch Jigsaw Puzzle
Indigenous Guatemalan women are portrayed in this quotidian market scene painted by Mario González Chavajay. Included with every Art & Fable puzzle: - High-Quality Print of the Artwork - Box Top Stand - Resealable Bag Chavajay is a well-known Tz’utujil Mayan artist from San Pedro la Laguna in Guatemala. With over twenty years of painting experience, he works tirelessly to perfect his craft. Even while growing up in a life of scarcity, González Chavajay has never given up his passion and continues to paint works of art to provide for his family. In his work, he portrays the rich culture of the Mayan people, incorporating the wisdom of his ancestors and the beauty of the natural world to bring awareness to the suffering that his people have endured. The donation goes to Taa’ Pi’t, a Mayan Tz’utujil organization that teaches ancestral practices to raise community awareness that their welfare depends on the health of Lake Atitlán, and the soil and ancient seeds that nourish them.