Tony Abeyta’s magical dragonflies shimmer towards the heavens.

Tony Abeyta, Navajo, Dragonfly Constellation, oil and sand on canvas, n.d. La Fonda Hotel Collection.

“Dragonflies are messengers. If you lived in the desert, they would take you to the sanctuary of water,” Tony Abeyta said in reference to this painting. A pre-eminent Native American artist, Tony frequently paints dragonflies as tranquil and fragile beings that he finds calming. “They ease my mind,” he says. “They are nature’s way of saying everything is going to be okay.”

This painting is included in my article in New Mexico magazine, Here be Dragons, mentioned in this blog.

Dragonfly Constellation