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Fifteenth Annual National Juried
Exhibition of Traditional Oils
Dana Gallery — May 5, 2006
Award Winners

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Master Signature Award Winners

AWARDS AND DONORS

VALUE

WINNER

PAINTING TITLE

Award of Excellence for Master Signature Members

Funded by Art of the West Magazine ($1,000 cash and a free full page advertisement)

$4,000

David Hettinger OPAM

Under The Plum Tree

Award of Excellence for Master Signature Members

Funded by Southwest Art Magazine ($500 cash and a free full page advertisement)

$3,966

Quang Ho OPAM

 

In The Studio

OPA Master Signature Member Award of Excellence

Funded by Oil Painters of America

$3,000

Paul Mullally OPAM

Muse in Blue

Donors' Award of Excellence for Master Signature Members

$850

Calvin Liang OPAM

Yacht Club In Catalina

Shirl Smithson Founders Award for Master Signature Members

Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family

$500

Joyce Pike OPAM

Renaissance

Associate and Signature Member Award Winners

AWARDS AND DONORS

VALUE

WINNER

PAINTING TITLE

American National Award of Excellence

Funded by Oil Painters of America

(Eligibility only once every 3 years for same artist)

$15,000

Robert Coombs

Almost Sundown

Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Award of Excellence

Free half-page advertisement

$2,100

Jeff Legg OPA

Homage to the Soldier

Jack Richeson & Co. Inc. Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate for Santa Fe II Easel

$1,500

Bryce Cameron Liston

To Their Destiny Go the Daughters of Danaus

KewauneeAcademy of Fine Art and The Barnsite Art Studio

and Gallery Award of Excellence

Solid oak heavy duty easel

$1,250

John Taft

Trail’s End At Crater Lake

Winsor and Newton; ColArt Americas, Inc. Award of Excellence

Artists’ Oil Colour Knightsbridge Box

$1,200

Scott Tallman Powers

La Mattina In Bologna

 

International Artist Magazine Award of Excellence

$1,000

Daud Akhriev

Portrait Of A Young Woman

Utrecht Award of Excellence

$1,000

Rita Curtis

The Writer

Art-Talk Award of Excellence

Free quarter-page advertisement

$1000

Steve Gerhartz

Nichol’s Creek, Fresh Snow

Thanhardt-Burger Corp. Award of Excellence

Hand carved American frame in 22K gold

$975

Michael Mao

Awakening

 

Friends of OPA Award of Excellence

$850

Tim Deibler

Golden Light

Blick Art Materials Award of Excellence

Rembrandt Extra-Fine Oil Artists’ set

$500

Richard Laurent

P-Town Lobster Boat

Martin F. Weber Co. Award of Excellence

Permalba White & John Howard Sanden Oils

$500

Shi-Zhong Yan

Indian Girl

M. Graham & Co. Award of Excellence

M. Graham Oil Color Set

$500

Buell Cole

Summer Enchantment

Pleinair Frames Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$500

D. Edward Kucera

The Looking Glass

Classic Gallery Framing, Inc. Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$500

Zin Lim

Figure No. 10

Daler-Rowney Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$500

David Griffin

Divine Choice

 

Fredericksburg Artists’ School Workshop Scholarship

 

$500

John Vistaunet

Holding Pattern

Hunter Editions Award of Excellence

Free prepress and one sheet paper or canvas reproduction

$500

Dianne L. Massey Dunbar

City Sidewalk

President’s Award of Excellence

Funded by Zhiwei Tu OPAM

$500

Richard Russell

Juniper Vigil

Fechin Art Workshops Scholarship

Russian painter Leonid Gervits workshop, July 10-14, 2006

$475

Steve Atkinson

The Gunsmith

 

Betty Schmidt Award of Excellence

 

$300

Carol A. Durrum

Chinese Jar & Persimmons

Silver Brush Limited Award of Excellence

Nelson Shanks Portrait/Figure #2 set

$280

Scott Prior

Santa Monica Bus Stop

 

Scott A. Mattlin Award of Excellence

$275

Tony Pro

Zeko’s Point

The Artist's Magazine Award of Excellence

$250

Laura Larabee

Flash of Red

Fredrix Artist Canvas Award of Excellence

$250

Margaret Tcheng Ware

Reflection: Self Portrait

Fredrix Artist Canvas Award of Excellence

$250

Michael Situ OPA

Beach Cliff

Fredrix Artist Canvas Award of Excellence

$250

Ignat Ignatov

The Bagpiper

Masterpiece Artist Canvas Award of Excellence

Stretched artist canvas

$250

Lu Yu

San FranciscoBay

Neil Patterson OPAM Award of Excellence

$250

Kathryn Miller OPA

Bhutanese Vessel

The Chinese Artist's Association of North America Award of Excellence

Funded by Mr. Andy Hoi-Csui Chan

$200

Mary K. Forshagen OPA

Snowy Afternoon

 

William Schneider OPA Award of Excellence

 

$200

Heide Presse

Vintage

Jack Richeson & Company Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$150

Johanna Harmon

Sunday

Jack Richeson & Company Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$150

Thimgan Hayden

The Artist’s Model – Hans

Jack Richeson & Company Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$150

Lyn Lasneski

Blue Whale Cove

Jack Richeson & Company Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$150

William P. Duffy

View From the Artist’s Studio

Jack Richeson & Company Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$150

Andrea Gaye

First Dip

Jack Richeson & Company Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$150

Hodges Soileau

Winter Team

HK Holbein Award of Excellence

Holbein Artist Oil Color Set

$110

Mitch Caster

Dutch Treats

Savoir-Faire Award of Excellence

Sennelier Fine Artist Oils

$110

Stacey L. Peterson

From the Top

 

The Arlington Heights Art Guild Award of Excellence

 

$100

Wanda Choate

Sing It Over & Over

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