Religious figures

For Alzate, the saints and religious figures became important in his works,

sometimes he hid them in his paintings
and other times he made them gifts or payment to hisdentist or optician/ophthalmologist, painting them the saint of their profession.

Santa Apolonia
Patrona de los gatos
0,40 x 0,58- Acrílico sobre lienzo - 1991
Santa Teresa
0,50 x 0,70 - Acrylic on canvas - 1996
La virgen del trompo
0,43 x 0,94 - Acrylic on canvas - 1990
La familia de Gaudí
2005
Santa Rita de Casia
Patrona de los imposibles
2009
Imagen sobre puerta
1,00 x 2,10 - Acrílico sobre puerta - 2008
Sin título
no documentation
Pesebre
2008
Apparitions

If you look closely at the work of the artist, in many of them you will find hidden saints or apparitions amongst the grietas, stones and doors.