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Alan Wolton receives Prestigious award from Oil Painters of

Wolton has 4 Pieces Currently on Display at Mountainsong Galleries and will participate in the “First in the World Oil Painters of America’s Masters Only Show”, hosted by Mountainsong Galleries in Carmel.

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Alan Wolton receives Prestigious award from Oil Painters of

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  1. AlanWoltonreceivesPrestigiousawardfromOilPaintersofAmericaDistinguishedArtistoftheYearAlanWoltonreceivesPrestigiousawardfromOilPaintersofAmericaDistinguishedArtistoftheYear Woltonhas 4Pieces Currently on Displayat MountainsongGalleries andwillparticipateinthe“FirstintheWorldOilPaintersofAmerica’s MastersOnlyShow”,hostedbyMountainsongGalleries inCarmel. Carmel-by-the-Sea,CA, June21, 2014-Woltonhas4PiecesCurrentlyonDisplayatMountainsongGalleriesand will participateinthe“Firstin theWorld Oil PaintersofAmerica’sMastersOnlyShow”,hosted byMountainsong GalleriesinCarmel, California,July25throughAugust 24,2014 *Firstin theWorldOPA Masters OnlyShow: July25-August24 o OpeningReceptionJuly255:00-8:00All OPAMasters oExclusiveopportunity: MastersDinnerforSaturday,July26from6:00 -8:00.Anyone whopurchasesaMaster's painting beforeorduring the Opening oftheFirstintheWorld OPAMasters OnlyShowwill beinvited todinner withtheMasters. oArtistsfortheshowinclude: AlanWolton,Daniel Greene,KevinMacpherson; Everett RaymondKinstlerandmore.Completelist availableuponrequest. Mountainsong GalleriesinCarmel-by-the-Sea,California,iscommitted torepresenting more credentialedOPAandAISMasterArtiststhananygalleryintheentireworld.Mountainsongalso representssomeofthebestbronze,glassandfurnitureartiststoday. BackgroundonAlanWolton Renownedartistand Sedonaresident,AlanWoltonhasjustreturnedfromBennington,Vermont,wherehewastherecipient of theDistinguishedArtist of theYearfrom Oil PaintersofAmerica– "OPA." Alreadyan"OPAM"–recognized as"masterpainter" by thegroup,Woltonhashadanillustrious career spanningsixdecades. Wolton’sworkhas beenaccepted bytheRoyal AcademyofLondon,theRoyal SocietyofBritishArtists,theRoyal InstituteofOilPainters,and theParisSalon.Hehasalso beenaMaster CharterMemberof theSocietyofAmericanImpressionistsand amemberof PleinAirPaintersofNorthernCalifornia. Hisworkhas beenexhibited all overtheworld,includingLondon,Johannesburg and Paris.Hisperipateticnaturehasled tothecreationof powerfulart frommanybeautiful places,including his original SouthAfricanhome,NewZealandand Europe–notablyVenice. Anexcerpt from the OPA'sannouncement abouttheaward states,"AlanWoltonis indulginginan artisticfreedom brought aboutbyhisyearsofdevelopmentand theconfidenceofmaturity.Following international recognition,hispaintingsnowshowarevised simplicityofstatement.Technically,Mr.Wolton´swork isunquestionable.Hislist ofcredentialsand exhibitionsoverthe years isveryimpressive."

  2. InhisownwordsWolton claims,"Generally,Iamnottooaffected byawardsbut this decision bytheOilPaintersofAmericaMasters,notablyretiring OPApresident NeilPatterson, along withMastersZhiwei Tu,CharlesMovalliandothers,has truly touched myheart.Thekindnessandhonorthese wonderfulfolkshowereduponme will remainalifetimehigh!” • Regarding hiswork,theartist recentlysaid,"I likemy paintingsto stop passers-bywhohadonlybyaccident caught a glimpseofthepicture.Whattheyseeshould bebreathtakinglydifferent,delightfullyfresh,somethingemotionallyappetizing and a joy.Asubconsciousvisual high spikedbyahappyrelationship ofcolors,tones,formsandcleanliness." • Theaward comesontheheelsof thepublicationof"TheArtofAlanWolton,"a348-pagehardbound bookwhichisatonceamemoir,acloselookathow paintingsaremade,and • aretrospectiveofalifetime’sachievement,including morethan400colorimagesofartworksfromeveryperiod of theartist’s life. ThebookisavailablefromAmazon.com,and localresidents • canfinditattheSedonaPublicLibrary. • Oil PaintersofAmerica isanot-for-profit organizationrepresenting morethan4,000artiststhroughout theUnitedStates, Canadaand Mexico.OPAisdedicated topreserving and promotingexcellenceinrepresentational art.Its primaryfocus istodrawattentiontothelasting valueoffinedrawing,color,compositionand theappreciationoflight oncanvas. • ThemissionofOPAistoadvancethecauseof traditional,representationalfineartbyproviding aforuminwhichartistscandisplaytheirartinregional and nationalcompetitions.Inaddition,the organization iscommitted toproviding educationalopportunities to itsmembersthroughitsnewsletter,critiqueprogram,scholarships,workshops,seminars,and demonstrationsby today’smasters. • Details onMountainsong Galleries: • Location: OceanbetweenSan Carlosand MissionCarmel-by-the-Sea,California•ViewMap • ·Phone:(831)626-0600 • PrivateViewingsByAppointment- Call 831-233-8255 • Website: http://www.mountainsonggalleries.com/ • HoursofOperation • oMonday-Saturday10–6andSunday12-6 • List ofMasterArtists • oDaniel E.Greene,N.A.,AWS,PSA, OPAMaster • oEverett Raymond Kinstler,N.A.,AWS,PSA, OPAMaster • oNeilPatterson, OPAMaster,President, OilPaintersofAmerica • oDebraJoyGroesser,AIS,President,AmericanImpressionist Society o CyrusAfsary,OPAMaster • oKennBackhaus,AISMaster,OPAMaster o ClaytonJ.BeckIII,AISMaster • oHarleyBrown,OPAMaster o NancyBush,AISMaster • oJohnMichael Carter,OPAMaster oWilliamT.Chambers,OPAMaster • o NancySeamonsCrookston,OPAMaster oKimEnglish,AISMaster • oAlbert Handell,AISMaster,OPAMaster oDavid Hettinger,OPAMaster • oDoug Higgins, OPAMaster • o Quang Ho,AISMaster,OPAMaster oWilliamScott Jennings,OPAMaster

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