Dutch Montana

December 7, 2020 - Corona Del Mar, California

Artist Dutch Montana's painting "Laguna Beach #20" has won a special recognition award from the Light, Space and Time Gallery in California in its 10th Annual Nature Art juried competition. There were 797 entries from 27 countries. 

"I'm honored and grateful to the gallery for the recognition of this work which is one of my favorite in this series. This abstract expressionist series was created to reflect what I see in a dream state when I'm dreaming of the canyons lined with beautiful palm trees that soar above the beaches in Southern California and in particular, Laguna Beach", said Dutch Montana. 

The Montana Studio is positioned on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean with views of Catalina Island in the distance and below, the entrance to Newport Beach Harbor in the small town of Corona Del Mar, California located 6 miles north of Laguna Beach. Montana's work is showcased at the Hugo Rivera Gallery at 550 South Coast Highway in downtown Laguna Beach. 

December 7, 2020 -- Corona Del Mar, California --

California Coastal Artist Dutch Montana's abstract, entitled "Laguna Beach Sunrise" has been selected from a field of entries for the juried art competition, "6th Annual Colorful Abstractions Juried Art Competition" sponsored by Palm Springs Gallery Fusion Art.

September 27, 2020 - Laguna Beach, California - Dutch Montana has completed several commission works for private collections this summer. The design, Lucky 7 Palms, has been very popular. Two large pieces wee completed, one for a family collection in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and another for a family in Southern California. The Lucky 7 Palms Series is becoming increasingly popular with minimalist/contemporary/modern interior design concepts and hospitality interior designers in Las Vegas, Florida, and California. It's design and look has been described as "clean" and "pure". Phrases used have been "It makes me happy when I view it" and "the color is luxurious and rich". 

Dutch Montana will be launching is Gulf Coast Series of original oil on canvas paintings in a solo show during the July 4th celebrations on the Texas Coast south of Houston, Texas. The show is by invitation only and is being sponsored by a collector, at his private lake front home gallery. Select pieces from the new Gulf Coast series will be shown at the show along with pieces from his Abstracts, California Midnight Palms, and Beaches Boats, Island and Palms series. 

Corona Del Mar, California -- April 22, 2020

Artist Dutch Montana's oil on canvas piece entitled "Arizona #1" has been selected by J. Mane Gallery for exhibition in the gallery's "Landscapes 2020 Exhibition". Montana is an award winning artist with several of his pieces being selected for exhibition from contests throughout the United States. His California and western United States muse is found in his award winning paintings including "California Coast #4" and "Abstract in Blue #2". His work is distinctive for its use of heavy medium which creates texture in his originals, and bold, aggressive palette knife strokes. 

Arizona #1 is an abstract expressionist painting that signifies the work Montana did in the year 2019 and 2020. The background is vivid blue sky and a classic Arizona stone outcropping jutting into the sky in Arizona earth colors and splashes of turquoise. Perched on a mountain ledge is a nicely textured Saguaro cactus placed dead center in the piece, in which the cactus green is highlighted with iridescent gold and sunset orange.

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Dutch Montana said, "I am honored that J. Mane Gallery selected this work for exhibition in Landscapes 2020. This piece is one of my favorites. Whenever you do a piece that isn't forced, that seems as if some higher power is guiding your selection of color and your palette knife and brush, and to see it come out better than you envisioned it - it is a real joy. This was one of those pieces." 

J. Mane curates both emerging artists and established artists.

Corona Del Mar, California -- April 8, 2020

Artist Dutch Montana has created a symbolic piece of work encouraging people suffering from quarantine, lack of freedom, psychologically trying circumstances and fear to remain physically and mentally balanced during these trying times. The work, named "Balance" is an elegantly simple three stroke black on white work available on http://www.ArtMajeur.com/dutchmontana. 

Dutch Montana art can also be seen at http://www.dutchmontana.com

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April 1, 2020 - Corona Del Mar, California

Artist Dutch Montana has been chosen as "Curators Pick" for the month of April at the Paris, France based gallery Singulart. Montana is best known for his creation of "The Unity Flag", a stylized artistic version of the American Flag, and his "Palm Series", a series of abstract expressionist paintings featuring the southern California Coastline as his muse. 

Montana has become a fast rising emerging artist since burst onto the scene in SoCal in late 2018 and created The Unity Flag in 2019. This "inclusive" flag was his attempt to unify the nation of the United States during a time of deep divisiveness and was adopted by the human resources departments of many of America's larger corporations. 

"I can't tell you how honored I was to even be chosen to be represented by Kate Edgington at Singulart and now to be chosen as a member of this group of artists that will be featured in April that reaches the worlds most important collectors is just fantastic," said Montana. "Working with Singulart has been fantastic. They understand that although we as artists may do what we do for the love of it and to express our internal feelings and thoughts, there is nothing more validating to an artist than a collector that actually purchases our work. All of us want to be validated that what we are doing is relevant to someone else, and Singulart, by focusing on living artists, curating a smaller number of artists, and working closely with collectors, provides the best platform for this to happen." 

Dutch Montana work can be purchased at www.singulart.com and on www.ArtMajeur.com. His personal site is a non-sales showcase site for his work and can be found at www.DutchMontana.com. 

Palm Springs, California, USA - March 15, 2020. Fusion Art held a competition entitled "Sunrises and Sunsets" in which 476 submissions competed for the right to exhibit and for first through 5th prize and 12 honorable mention spots. Dutch Montana's submission, California Coast #4 was one of the finalists and won an Honorable Mention Award from the Palm Springs based gallery. 

Corona Del Mar, California - February 17, 2020

Dutch Montana, abstract artist, has been accepted by the LagunaART Gallery in Laguna Beach, California. Located in the heart of Laguna Beach Art Colony on Pacific Coast Highway, the LagunaART Gallery is next door to the Laguna Art Museum and steps away from Laguna's famous Main Beach and the heart of the town of Laguna Beach. Laguna Beach has long been recognized as ground zero for California art having been established as an artist colony around 1900. Since then, it has been attracting artists from around the globe. 

Dutch Montana said, "I'm very pleased to have been selected by the fine director and others at LagunaART to be one of their artists which they represent. I love Laguna Beach and the community of artists that reside here. It's never a bad day when you're in Laguna Beach."

Montana's art will begin to be displayed at the gallery on Pacific Coast Highway in March or April of this year. 

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Dutch Montana, artist, has entered three abstract pieces - "California Waterfall", "Abstract in Blue #2" and "California Desert", a 3 panel work, into a California Abstract Art competition at the Mona Niko Gallery in Southern California. Judging will take place in March, 2020 and an Exhibition will take place from April 4 through April 25, 2020.