Representational oil painter and portrait artist Allen Polt lives and works in Oro Valley, Arizona and Taos, New Mexico. Allen is a member of Oil Painters of America, Portrait Artists of America, and Friends of Western Art.

In 1974, Allen left Manhattan for a change of pace and found visual inspiration in the landscape of Taos, New Mexico — an art community inundated with landscapes. His masterful paintings have been featured in galleries across the Southwest.

Allen Polt - Portrait artist in oil on canvas, lives and works in Taos, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona.

In 1974, Polt left Manhattan for a change of pace and found visual inspiration in the landscape of Taos, New Mexico – an art community inundated with landscapes. His masterful paintings have been featured in galleries across the Southwest, including Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

In 1974, Allen left Manhattan for a change of pace and found visual inspiration in the landscape of Taos, New Mexico — an art community inundated with landscapes. His masterful paintings have been featured in galleries across the Southwest.

In 1974, Polt left Manhattan for a change of pace and found visual inspiration in the landscape of Taos, New Mexico — an art community surrounded with beautiful landscapes. His masterful paintings have been featured in galleries across the Southwest.

Apr 26, 2018 · Allen Polt, artist. This issue’s Ulysses S. Grant cover was illustrated by Allen Polt, a portrait artist who lives in Oro Valley, Arizona, and shows his art at Settlers West Galleries in Tucson and Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Aug 26, 2010 · A special exhibition featuring works by portrait artist Allen Polt and landscape painter Don Brackett is slated to open with a reception Friday (Aug. 27) from 4-7 p.m. at Robert Parsons Gallery of the West, 122 Kit Carson Road. Polt says he earned his degree in Illustrating Arts from the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art.

Allen Polt, portrait artist in oil on canvas, lives and works in Taos, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona..

Allen Polt is known for Landscape-street, figure, portrait. Wanting to escape the hustle of New York City where he drew black and white portraits for the Wall Street Journal, Allen Polt moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1974 to join what was an already growing arts community.