Oil Painting of Rain Over Mountains [SOLD]

Tony Abeyta paints landscapes from his emotional feelings.  He does not portray them as actual locations but as an emotional experience one derives from earth meeting sky, color predominating, rain clouds intermingling with blue sky, trees and plants responding to wind and memories returning of past experiences.  It is with this emotion that he painted this, the smallest painting that would portray this feeling.

In a painting that occupies only 8 by 8 inches, Tony Abeyta has achieved the emotional and artistic expression that most artists only portray on a much larger scale.  There are the dynamics of billowing clouds producing rain in concentrated definable areas as happens in the mountains of New Mexico.  The landscape is clear and beautiful, only obliterated by heavy rainfall in restricted areas.  The colors of the earth, its plants and trees, and reflections from the intense sun all stand out in harmony in this strong yet peaceful landscape.

The painting is signed in lower right and signed again on verso with a date of 2013-14.  It is framed in a gold painted wood frame that compliments the yellow chamissa and brown earth in the foreground.

Condition: new

Provenance: sent to us by a client from Washington, DC

Recommended Reading: 100 Artists of the Southwest by Douglas Bullis