Kyle Paliotto works full-time honing his skills as an oil painter. He paints from life and in the studio refining his ideas. His talent for art showed itself at an early age. After winning numerous awards and accolades as a high school artist from Cleveland, Ohio, Kyle followed a path of adventure and exploration coming to reside in Southern California. There he pursued studies at Palomar College in San Marcos under western artist Doug D.G. Durrant.

He then went on to travel for a short time in Mexico City gathering images and experiences that would fuel his creative spirit. Kyle then spent seven years working commercially in the San Diego area. In April of 2005 he relocated to north Idaho to pursue a career in fine art.

He spends summers exhibiting at art shows in Seattle, Whidbey Island, Jackson Hole and Great Falls. Kyle has been juried into several regional and national shows. Kyle is influenced greatly by the late masters Frans Hals, John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, Ilya Repin, Nicolai Fechin and Antonio Mancini.

At age 34 Kyle is happily married to his lovely wife Rebecca, with new born son Vincent they embrace the artist life style of painting, travel and friendship. He looks forward to a long productive career.

Oil painter Kyle Paliotto gathers imagery from the beautiful rustic landscape of his local surroundings in North Idaho. He searches out rural settings which display a time gone by when harmony between land and man existed. His style is one that takes from impressionism without disregarding the discipline of representational art up to the early 1900's. Painting plein air on location is essential to his process but the real meat and potatoes is in the studio.

At the age of 36, Kyle has had some great achievements, but his greatest joys are his wife Rebecca and children Vincent and Sophia. His successes include: Juried into multiple Oil Painters of America National and regional shows, Winning Honorable Mention in the Portrait Society of America’s Members Only competition (2010), Best of Show at the CM Russell Auction in Great Falls, Montana (2010) and most recently winning Third Place in American Impressionist Society's 11th Annual National Show (2010).

Kyle has been written about in Southwest Art Magazine’s “Artists to Watch” (2008) and a feature article in Western Art Collector Magazine (2009) and (2010). Life is just getting exciting and Kyle looks forward to a long rewarding career.

Education
Palomar College San Marcos, California
Taught and influenced deeply by: George Paliotto (my Dad), Don Ealy, Timothy Thies, George Carlson, Terry Lee.

Awards
2010 Best on Show CM Russell Art Auction
2010 Awarded Honorable Mention in Portrait Society of America’s Members only
2010 Award of Excellence 5th Annual US Plein Air Open
2010 Presidents Purchase Award Art on the Green Cda, Id
2010 Best of Show Fred Oldfield Western Art show
2010 3rd Place American Impressionist Society 11th Annual National Show

Periodicals
2010 Western Art Collector Magazine Article June issue 2010
2009 Western Art Collector Magazine Article June issue 2009
2008 Southwest Art Magazine Article Feature October issue 2008

Shows
Future Museum Show slated 2012 at the Clymer Museum in Ellensburg, WA
2011 “The Frugal Collector” Christopher Queen Galleries, Duncans Mills, CA
2011 Coors Western Art Show Denver, CO
2010 American Impressionist Society 11th Annual National Show
2010 “Christmas Treasures” Christopher Queen Galleries, Duncans Mills, CA
2010 Western Regional Oil Painters of America Show
2010 “New Works by 12 artists” Art Spirit Gallery CDA, ID
2010 Oil Painters of America National Show Legacy Gallery
2010 Museum of Arts and Culture Spokane Auction, Quick Draw
2010 Portrait Society of America members only competition
2009 Small Works show at the Art Spirit Gallery Coeur d Alene, Idaho
2009 June "One Man Show" Art Spirit Gallery Coeur d Alene, Idaho
2009 2 Pieces Juried into "Idaho paints Idaho"
2008 Small Works show at the Art Spirit Gallery Coeur d Alene, Idaho
2008 Regional Oil Painters of America Show (Western)
2008 "New Work by 11 Artists" Art Spirit Gallery Coeur d Alene, Idaho
2007 "Mixed Greens" Group Show Rebecca V Gallery Tacoma, WA
2007 Group Show M Gallery of Fine Art Sarasota, Florida
2007 Small works show at the Art Spirit Gallery Coeur d Alene, Idaho
2007 Regional Oil Painters of America Show (Central)
2007 Group Show "13 Artist, Friday the 13th" Art Spirit Gallery Coeur d Alene, Idaho
2007 Oil Painters of America National Show
2007 Chase Gallery All Media Show Spokane, Washington
2006 Small Works Show at the Art Spirit Gallery Coeur d Alene, Idaho
2006 2 Pieces juried into Art on the Green Coeur d Alene, Idaho