Untitled Summer Monsoon Season Storm Landscape Painting [SOLD]

Santa Feans know that the annual rainfalls will start in early July and continue through August.  That is referred to as the monsoon season even though the rainstorms last only about 30 minutes in late afternoon, followed by the return of the sun.  The downpour can be significant in that half hour.  Rain falls in isolated regions rather than all over the area.

Tony Abeyta has achieved the emotional and artistic expression that most artists can 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.  One has to experience one of these summer storms to realize how powerful they are.

Condition: new

Recommended Reading: 100 Artists of the Southwest by Douglas Bullis

Provenance: from a Santa Fe resident