“Monty Singer is Diné from Gray Mountain, AZ. He is Tangle Water Clan and born for Mexican Clan. Rock Gap Clan are his maternal grandparents’ clan and Salt Clan are his paternal grandparents’ clan. Mr. Singer was born in Tuba City, AZ and grew up on the Western edge of the Navajo reservation near Cameron, AZ. He attended public school in Flagstaff then moved to Belen, NM when he was a teenager. Mr. Singer’s father, Ed Singer, is a painter. He grew up watching his father paint in his Gray Mountain studio on the Navajo reservation.While Monty has never been formally trained, he began drawing at a very early age. He took up painting with pastels and oils in 2005 and began drawing and painting the figure. In 2015, Monty expanded into painting en plein air. The Alla Prima approach and painting In Situ are the framework of how Monty addresses an evolving skill set with oil painting. His work has shown and won numerous awards at art fairs such as the Santa Fe Indian Market, the New Mexico Masterworks Show and the prestigious Heard Indian Market. Mr. Singer’s work is in numerous museums and collections.”
