A murder of huge bronze crows have landed in the windows of Chimayo Trading! Magnificently powerful, they carry messages from the Dream world as well the artist and deeply passionate sculptor, Tony Oviedo who is obsessed with crows, ravens and magpies. When you see them, there is no denying their larger than life presence. As he spoke about his affinity for crows, Tony picked up his largest bird in his arms, which is no easy feat!

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Tony Oviedo is a distinguished artist, bronze sculptor, and storyteller based in Northern New Mexico. Born into a family with a rich artistic heritage, Tony is the son of master sculptor and santero and raised in the culturally vibrant region of Chimayó, New Mexico, Tony was immersed in the traditions of Spanish Colonial art from a young age. He began woodworking in his father’s shop as a child and started sculpting and casting bronze in the family’s foundry in 1990. This early exposure to craftsmanship laid the foundation for his lifelong dedication to art.

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In Northern New Mexico, where generations of artists have carried traditions from one generation to the next, Tony Oviedo has found his own way to keep an old craft alive. A sculptor, santero, storyteller and bronze caster, Tony grew up surrounded by art and craftsmanship. His father was a master sculptor and santero, and as a boy he worked in his father’s shop, learning the traditions of Spanish Colonial wood carving. But his artistic education didn’t stop with wood. It eventually led him to the family’s bronze foundry in Chimayó, one of the last full-service foundries of its kind in New Mexico, where he began learning the demanding craft of bronze casting at an unusually young age.

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