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associate member on-line 2021

CONGRATULATIONS TO 422 NOAPS ARTISTS
You just...
GOT RECOGNIZED
 
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awards judge

Karen Budan/ NOAPS Board Member
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Karen Budan is an award-winning contemporary still life painter.Karen’s paintings have been shown in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions across the United States as well as solo gallery shows.Awards include Best Still Life from the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society and President’s Award of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America.Although Karen originally painted with pastels, in recent years she has moved to oil painting.Her painting style is hyper-realistic…she thrives on the challenge of transferring the complex subtleties of the color, texture and light patterns of the composition before her onto a two-dimensional surface resulting in a painting that looks as real as the setup itself.

 

Karen’s work has been featured in , and .She is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, the National Oil and acrylic Painter’s Society, and the Pastel Society of America.She is an International Association of Pastel Societies’ Master Circle member, a distinguished associate member of the American Women Artists and juried member of the International Guild of Realism.Karen is currently represented by Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa, OK and ArtQWest Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.

member online 2021 Award Judge

award winners

best in show

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Breakfast at Norm's Place/ Frank Haseloff

second place

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Mountain Stream/ Frits Hoendervanger

best landscape

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Marshall Street Stroll/ Pam Yarborough

best portrait

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Searching/ Paula Zeller

third place

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Iron Maiden/ Shana Levenson

best still life

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The Time Keeper/ Nancy Calder

best use of light & color

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East Meets West/ Rosalie Sidoti

best impressionism

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Hillbilly Hilton/ Krystal Brown

best narrative

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Cafe Cowboys/ Deborah Allison

best realism

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Crown Street Vagabond/ Henry Bosak

most innovative

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Lost in the 50's/ John Schaeffer

awards of excellence

merit awards

accepted artists

2021 Accepted artists
2021 Award Winners

selection process 

Each entry will be displayed on the NOAPS website on the Associate Member Online Exhibition page.

IMPORTANT: The Judge of Awards makes selections based on the image entered. Make sure the image depicts a true representation of the painting. Each image should display the painting only; no frame or mat.  The image should be properly oriented; please make sure your image is right side up. 

 

sales

The paintings may be for sale or not for sale.  All sales will be conducted through the artist, and no commission is due to NOAPS.

 

calendar

Applications Dates: April 1, 2021 to June 15, 2021 at midnight Pacific Time   

Publication on website: July 15th, 2021

  Your participation and support of the NATIONAL OIL & ACRYLIC PAINTERS’ SOCIETY is greatly appreciated. We wish you success in this event and may all your art career goals be met !

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questions

 

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