Emilio Amero (1901-1976) was a leading figure in the Mexican Modern art movement. He was a very versatile talent as a painter in fresco and on canvas, and as a graphic designer, caricaturist, photographer, filmmaker, and printmaker. His greatest creative passion was printmaking.

This lithograph is a scene from his Mexican childhood. It shows a mother carrying her sleeping child in a rebozo as she attends to the candles of her Catholic faith. Her devotion to both seem implied in her humble, bowed position; in her parted and forward directed hair; in her caressing hand.

Emilio Amero travelled across the border between two countries many times to the benefit of both. He shared his creativity and expertise on both sides including as a gallery owner in Mexico and a professor at the University of Oklahoma.

We give thanks for this tender image of a dedicated mother and for the artist who saw and saved this moment. We give thanks for the loving hands of both.

In gratitude, faith and hope,

Sandy Prouty
Minister of Children and Families
Montview Church