NATIONAL OIL & ARYLIC PAINTERS’ SOCIETY ON-LINE OPEN EXHIBITION

January 3, 2013 –April 3, 2013 Open to all Oil & Acrylic Artists

AWARDS: Best of Show: $750 Second Place: $450 Third Place: $300 Additional Awards from Art Supply Sponsors

Exhibit Judge: Todd A. Williams, OPA www.toddwilliamsfineart.com

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY: This International Exhibit is open to all artists 18 years or older working in oil or acrylic mediums.

SELECTION PROCESS: Selected paintings will be based on the quality and individual mastery of the medium. IMPORTANT: Selections will be based on viewing the image submitted (make sure the image depicts a true representation of the painting). Selections are based only on the image and the juror DOES NOT see any information about the artist. Notification will be by email.

Application Window: January 3-April 3, 2013
Notification Date April 18, 2013

ENTRY PROCEDURES: Submit entries via Juried Art Services (JAS) www.juriedartservices.com a. Digital files should be saved in universal .jpeg format b. Images should be between 1400 pixels and 4000 pixels longest dimension at 300PPI (pixels per inch). c. JAS is a free service and provides a comprehensive ‘help’ menu d. NOAPS is also available to help with procedural problems noaps1991_usa@noaps.org

ENTRY FEE: (US CURRENCY) $35 (1 image) $45 (2 images) $50 (3 images)

TERMS and CONDITIONS: All work must have been created in oil and acrylic mediums and completed January 2010 or later and not exhibit in a previous NOAPS exhibit. Minimum size for paintings entered is 14x18”. There is no limitation on maximum size. Selected painting will be showcased on www.noaps.org and in the NOAPS ‘Best of America’ Newsletter.

Entrants are consenting to having a reproduction of their work used for promotion of the exhibit. You are confirming the work entered is your own and not any copyrighted images incorporated in your work have been used.

SALES: An ON-LINE Catalog will be displayed on www.noaps.org to promote sales. Requests relating to artist information or sales will be forwarded to the artist.

The National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society was organized for the purpose of "governing, administering and maintaining such activities as will provide a national forum and standard of excellence in which artists can fully express the media of oil and acrylic on canvas and panel." Focusing on the emerging artist, rather than the well-known painters who have already gained acceptance in the Visual Fine Arts industry, the NOAPSociety has continued to encourage these extremely talented, artists. This philosophy has served well during a two decades of steady growth as evidenced by its tremendous appeal to not only the art connoisseur, but also to the general public, which persists in its relentless quest of "The BEST!"

Exhibit Judge: Todd A. Williams, OPA www.toddwilliamsfineart.com

Todd A. Williams, OPA

After studying painting and illustration at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Williams went on to be an in-house Senior Artist/Designer for Hallmark Cards and Day Spring Cards for the next ten years.

Today, Todd excels in his ability to paint all subject matter using spontaneous brushwork and creative virtuosity. Most of the time he can be found painting en plein air. Through this discipline he has found his own recognizable voice, which is now becoming his signature style.

Williams' work has been exhibited across the US in gallery, museum, and invitational exhibitions, such as the Gilcrease Museum, the Great Plains Art Museum, Montgomery Museum Of Fine Arts, "The American Miniatures Show", Settlers West Gallery, The Maynard Dixon Museum, Cincinnati’s Great American Artists Exhibition, and the Oil Painters of America National and Regional Exhibitions where he has been honored with the prestigious status of Signature Member.

In May of 2009 he won an "AWARD OF EXCELLENCE" at the National OPA Exhibition in Santa Fe, NM., and in 2008, he won the "SECOND PLACE AWARD" from the American Impressionist Society in their National Exhibition at Palm Desert, CA.

In the July/August 2012 Plein Air Salon Competition he was the winner of the top prize - "First Place Award" selected by San Francisco gallery owner John Pence, who described Todd's work as “uniquely impressive,” with an “an immense impact ” Pence said, “There is superb atmospherics in the epic subject and view, and his paint-ings are full of delicate details.”

In 2010 he won the "Founders Award" from the American Impressionist Society in their National Exhibition.

The International Artist Magazine featured his work from “Vienna and Prague” in their Dec./Jan. 2008 issue. In Sept. 2005, Todd had a featured article in the Fine Art Connoisseur. Also in 2004, he received national and international recognition for his art through a feature article in Southwest Art and International Artist Magazine selected him for "Master Painters of the World" in the United States Showcase.

His work can been seen at: www.toddwilliamsfineart.com