{"id":12848,"date":"2024-07-04T18:18:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?page_id=12848"},"modified":"2024-07-04T19:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T19:48:05","slug":"mack-walton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/colors-gallery\/art-gallery-2\/artist-bios\/mack-walton\/","title":{"rendered":"Mack Walton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mack Walton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Artist Bio
\nMack Walton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mack Walton\u2019s Passion: Art as a Life\u2019s Work
\nFor so many artists, their work is simply what they feel compelled to do. For such artists, releasing their creative juices is as much a part of life as breathing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my life\u2019s work,\u201d says local artist Mack Walton. \u201cI love this.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Walton\u2019s life, it\u2019s his passion. And it has been so for over 40 years.<\/p>\n

Walton, a Toledo native who attended Scott High School, started painting in 1966 when he won a contest and took a correspondence course. After that he was hooked, says the Vietnam veteran who joined Jeep in the late 1970\u2019s and remained in factory work there until his retirement in 2001.<\/p>\n

Walton developed a procedure, and a following amongst his fellow employees at Jeep, by transferring photographs to oil canvases. He estimates that he painted over 100 portraits during his 25-year Jeep career. He would simply take home the photographs that he was presented by his colleagues and acquaintances and start to paint.<\/p>\n

This kept him fairly busy, he recalls, but it also limited his ability to reach for a broader audience. \u201cI didn\u2019t have time to sell myself,\u201d says Walton. And as any successful artist will freely admit, an artist must have the ability to pay attention to the business side of the art business.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the time when an art exhibit was going on, it was over before I knew about it,\u201d he says. That was then.<\/p>\n

Times have changed over the last year for Walton. He has been featured in a number of shows and galleries \u2013 such as The Truth Gallery. And his range has expanded as he has devoted even more time to his art.<\/p>\n

Walton painted a portrait of a young Mike Tyson, for example. The Tyson portrait, a large 30\u201d by 40\u201d canvass, was inspired by Walton\u2019s love of boxing (\u201cone of my favorite sports\u201d) and his admiration for the Tyson of an earlier day \u2013 the Tyson of pre-caricature days.<\/p>\n

Walton also ventured into street scenes and still life to satisfy his own artistic curiosities. Now, there are few subjects that he does not undertake. From portraits, to landscapes, to animal scenes, Walton has his hand, and his oils, in a wide range of subject matter.<\/p>\n

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