Description: 7TH ANNUAL SUMMER SALE NOW *Price Shown is the Sale Price EARLY PAINTING BY ABEYTA.............ONE OF TWO PAINTINGS NOW LISTED.............. ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE .............TONY ABEYTA.............'BRANCHES', MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, 12" x 9"............. This is an 12" x 9" Original and Vintage mixed media on paper by the very important Navajo painter Tony Abeyta, born in 1965. The painting shows a colorful backgrond with branches set against it, dated 1993. Signed below. The painting was purchased from an estate in Albuquerque that was buying Abeyta family artwork very early, including Tony, his father and his sister. This is very finely framed. The Biography Follows: Educated at Santa Fe's Institute of American Indian Art, the Maryland Institute's College of Art in Baltimore, and then overseas in Southern France and Florence, Italy, Tony Abeyta (b.1965) - Navajo (Diné), a graduate of the Maryland Institute, returned to school taking postgraduate classes in art and filmmaking at the Chicago Art Institute on a Ford Foundation scholarship. Abeyta uses the bold colors representative of his homeland and finds his medium of painting involving sand, acrylic, and oil paint, gold leafing and encaustic wax and collage elements to achieve the desired results of his work. "I use many different techniques, mediums and processes to reinforce my ideas. Although I have studied sculpture, drawing and printmaking, I choose painting as my means of translating these ideas as well as my spiritual self onto the canvas". Abeyta works with vast fields of color and texture one might find in Indian crosses, early Navajo (Diné) blanket designs, as well as prehistoric sensibilities of Indian design and earth toned color. Abeyta's work has predominantly focused on Native American deities such as the Navajo (Diné) Yei-be-chai and Kachinas. He shows the importance of these images in Native American religion and culture without literally depicting them. "I want my work to reinforce the ideology of Indian religion, its strength, its beauty and semblance. I work to create an interpretation of these deities translated through myself and given an identity devoid of their actual documented existence. I'm more interested in an icon or the idea, which these beings represent. This system of ritual belief is the most important basis in Indian culture and insures its infinite existence". Abeyta makes a living from his artwork, which also deals in American Indian images. Early recognition has allowed him to devote his time to what he loves best. Abeyta is an excellent example of the contemporary Southwestern Indian artist whose struggles for success have differed dramatically from predecessors. As ever this is guaranteed 100% money back, to be as represented.
Price: 1250 USD
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
End Time: 2024-12-12T04:06:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Origin: New Mexico
Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
Artisan: Tony Abeyta
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
Culture: Native American: US
