AWARDS AND DONORS

VALUE

WINNER

PAINTING TITLE

American National
Funded by Oil Painters of America
(Eligibility only once every 3 years for the same artist) (1st Place)

$20,000

Howard Friedland OPA

Morning in Giverny

American Art Collector
Full feature article on award winner (2nd Place)

$14,000

Harry Ahn

Song of Reverence

Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
Free full page advertisement (3rd Place)

$3,520

Ann Hardy OPA

Fishbowl

Donors’ Award of Excellence

$1,350

Clement Kwan

Playing the Piccolo

Fine Art Studio On-line
Fine Art Studio On-line ($500 cash and two years of web hosting valued at $600)

$1,100

Tom Bluemlein OPA

Gentle Flight

Baker Frame Studio, Inc.
20” X 24” Custom Hand Carved 22k Gold Leaf Frame

$1,000

Michael Situ OPA

Bay View

Liliedahl Video Productions
A selection of DVD’s by Master Artists

$1,000

Ruo Li OPA

Sun Wave Mist

Presidents Award
Funded by Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt

$1,000

Scott Tallman Powers OPA

Fragility

Classic Gallery Framing, Inc.
$250 cash and a Merchandise Certificate valued at $500

$750

Mike Callahan

Wild Mustangs

Ampersand Art and The Artist’s Magazine
One case of 10 Gessobord 12” X 16” with ¾” cradles valued at $266 and $250 cash funded by The Artist’s Magazine

$516

Jean Chambers OPA

Treasures

Pat Wayman School of Fine Art
One week painting workshop

$500

James Hempel

Bonhomme

Daler-Rowney
Merchandise Certificate

$500

Johanna Spinks

Heather’s Braids

Daniel Smith Artists’ Materials
Merchandise certificate

$500

Dali Higa

Russian Village

Fredericksburg Artists’ School Workshop Scholarship
One week painting workshop

$500

Ken Cadwallader OPA

Young Woman in Blue

Fredrix Artist Canvas and Gamblin Artists Colors
Fredrix Artist Canvas Merchandise Certificate ($250) and Gamblin Artists Colors Deluxe Painting System ($250)

$500

Charles Apt

Waterloo Station

Fredrix Artist Canvas and Gamblin Artists Colors
Fredrix Artist Canvas Merchandise Certificate ($250) and Gamblin Artists Colors Deluxe Painting System ($250)

$500

Quizhen Wei

Companions

Hunter Editions
Free Prepress and one sheet paper or canvas reproduction

$500

Johanna Harmon

Plumage

Thanhardt-Burger Corp
Newcomb-Macklin Picture Frame

$500

Jeffrey Merrill

Yellow Pitcher with Limes

Utrecht Award
Merchandise Certificate

$500

Tim Deibler

Last Light in the Sangre’s

Utrecht Award
Merchandise Certificate

$500

Daud Akhriev

At the Kempton’s Barn

Blick Art Materials
Sennelier Giant Oil Pastels, Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Canvas Pad

$463

David Simons

View from a French Village

Directors’ Award
Funded by Neil Patterson OPAM, Vice President ($250) and William Schneider OPA, Director ($200)

$450

Richard Russell

Vibrance

Barbara Carter Fine Gilded Frames
24” x 30” 23k Water Gilded Gold Leaf Frame

$365

Andrew Orr

Woodstock Holly Hocks

Sourcetek and Arlington Heights Art Guild
“Premium Line” canvas panels valued at $250 and $100 donation from Arlington Heights Art Guild

$350

Steve Roselles

Silence is Golden

Blick Art Materials
Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Canvas Pad, 2-Blick Master Stroke Brushes, John Howard Sanden Oil Paints, Sennelier Oil Stick Set of 6, Just Stow It Messenger Bag

$317

Paulette Lee

Out of the Shadow

Jack Richeson & Co. Inc.
Shiva oils and brushes

$250

Jennifer McChristian

Old Hospital Bunker

Jack Richeson & Co. Inc.
Shiva oils and brushes

$250

Dan Beck

Summer Shadow

OPA Award of Excellence for Master Signature Members
Funded by OPA ($3,000) and Friends of OPA ($1,300) (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist) (1st Place)

$4,300

David Hettinger OPAM

Posing for the Sketchgroup

Master Signature Member Award of Excellence
Funded by Art of the West Magazine ($1,000 cash and a free full page advertisement) (2nd Place)

$4,075

Nancy Seamons Crookston OPAM

Call Waiting

Award of Excellence for Master Signature Members
Funded by Southwest Art Magazine (Two-third page advertisement) (3rd Place)

$3,000

Neil Patterson OPAM

Evening Walk

Shirl Smithson Founders Award for Master Signature Members
Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family

$500

William F. Reese OPAM

Glouchester Rail Ways