Tony Abeyta Paintings
1965 jade lady 1991 mixed media on canvas in acrylic oil and sand signed lower right and dated lower left.
Tony abeyta paintings. Aguacero de primavera bird sanctuary dragonfly realm guardian night fire gathering quiet canyon rain rivers bend storm over many farms todas las guitarras que nunca deberias haber vendido urban indian series 1 urban indian series 2. Tony abeyta navajo b. Tony abeyta james bason duke beardsley renelle white buffalo ashley collins james pringle cook wendell field douglas fryer digital. His work is included in the smithsonians national museum of the american indian the boston fine arts museum the heard museum the new mexico fine arts museum the autry museum of the american west the eiteljorg museum of american indians and western art and in many other public and private collections.
Abeyta explores a variety of mediums including oil charcoal and sand. He was also recognized as a native treasure by the museum of indian arts and culture. Abeyta currently works in both santa fe new mexico and berkeley california. This wonderful piece by dine artist tony abeyta is titled equestrian juggler according to abeyta his equestrian juggler is a conquistador acrobat.
Tony abeyta is a navajo contemporary artist working in mixed media paintings. He arrived in new mexico to amaze the indians with magic but was not well received as an entertainer. Considered to be one of the finest contemporary painters today artist tony abeyta navajo painter and jewelry designer has been honored as a living treasure as part of the 2012 native treasures indian arts festival artists specially invited by the museum of indian arts and culture. Because he experiments with techniques and images so much his creativity transcends any label that may be used to identify his work.
A tony abeyta painting jade lady 1991. A graduate of new york university with an honorary doctorate from the institute of american indian arts in santa fe tony was the 2012 recipient of the new mexico governors excellence in the arts award and recognized as a native treasure by the museum of indian arts culture. 1965 is a navajo contemporary artist working in mixed media paintings and jewelry. A graduate of new york university with an honorary doctorate from the institute of american indian arts in santa fe abeyta was the 2012 recipient of the new mexico governors excellence in the arts award.
Original paintings original works on paper print tony abeyta is considered one of the finest young contemporary painters today. Altamira fine art artists.