2008 Awardees

National Juried Exhibition Masters Division: Dana Gallery

  AWARDS AND DONORS VALUE WINNER PAINTING TITLE
  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

 

Back To TopNational Juried Exhibition Associate Signature Division: Dana Gallery

  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 the same artist) (1st Place)

$20,000 Howard Friedland OPA Morning in Giverny
  American Art Collector Award of Excellence

Full feature article on award winner (2nd Place)

$14,000 Harry Ahn Song of Reverence
  Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Award of Excellence

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 Award of Excellence

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. Award of Excellence

20" X 24" Custom Hand Carved 22k Gold Leaf Frame

$1,000 Michael Situ OPA Bay View
  Liliedahl Video Productions Award of Excellence

A selection of DVD's by Master Artists

$1,000 Ruo Li OPA Sun Wave Mist
  Presidents Award of Excellence

Funded by Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt

$1,000 Scott Tallman Powers OPA Fragility
  Classic Gallery Framing, Inc. Award of Excellence

$250 cash and a Merchandise Certificate valued at $500

$750 Mike Callahan Wild Mustangs
  Ampersand Art and The Artist's Magazine Award of Excellence

One case of 10 Gessobord 12" X 16" with 3/4" cradles valued at $266 and $250 cash funded by The Artist's Magazine

$516 Jean Chambers OPA Treasures
  Pat Wayman School of Fine Art Award of Excellence

One week painting workshop

$500 James Hempel Bonhomme
  Daler-Rowney Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$500 Johanna Spinks Heather's Braids
  Daniel Smith Artists' Materials Award of Excellence

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 Award of Excellence

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 Award of Excellence

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

$500 Quizhen Wei Companions
  Hunter Editions Award of Excellence

Free Prepress and one sheet paper or canvas reproduction

$500 Johanna Harmon Plumage
  Thanhardt-Burger Corp Award of Excellence

Newcomb-Macklin Picture Frame

$500 Jeffrey Merrill Yellow Pitcher with Limes
  Utrecht Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$500 Tim Deibler Last Light in the Sangre's
  Utrecht Award of Excellence

Merchandise Certificate

$500 Daud Akhriev At the Kempton's Barn
  Blick Art Materials Award of Excellence

Sennelier Giant Oil Pastels, Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Canvas Pad

$463 David Simons View from a French Village
  Directors' Award of Excellence

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

$450 Richard Russell Vibrance
  Barbara Carter Fine Gilded Frames Award of Excellence

24" x 30" 23k Water Gilded Gold Leaf Frame

$365 Andrew Orr Woodstock Holly Hocks
 

Sourcetek and Arlington Heights Art Guild Award of Excellence

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

$350 Steve Roselles Silence is Golden
  Blick Art Materials Award of Excellence

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. Award of Excellence

Shiva oils and brushes

$250 Jennifer McChristian
Old Hospital Bunker
  Jack Richeson & Co. Inc. Award of Excellence

Shiva oils and brushes

$250 Dan Beck Summer Shadow

 

Back To TopEastern Regional Award Winners: Richland Fine Art

  AWARDS AND DONORS VALUE WINNER PAINTING TITLE
  Best of Show

Funded by OPA

$4,000 Charles T. Cox Richland Creek Idyll
  Award of Excellence

Best Master Signature Member

Funded by OPA

$3,500 Zhiwei Tu OPAM Veteran
  Award of Excellence

Best Signature Member

Funded by OPA

$1,000 William A. Schneider OPA Vermilion Reverie
  Award of Excellence

Best Associate Member

Funded by OPA

$1,000 Wanda Choate Magdelen
  Award of Excellence

Solid Oak Pastel/Oil Easel

Funded by Barnsite Art Gallery and

The Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art - Kewaunee, Wisconsin

$825 Terry T. Norris Camellia in Ball Jar
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Glenn F. Harrington Argilite
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Carol Lee Thompson Lusheng Player
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Frank A. Emrick Reincarnation
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Jeffrey D. Hargreaves Homage

 

Back To TopWestern Regional Award Winners: Devin Galleries

View Western Regional Video

  AWARDS AND DONORS VALUE WINNER PAINTING TITLE
  Best of Show

Funded by OPA

$4,000 Bryce Liston Paisley
  Award of Excellence

Best Master Signature Member

Funded by OPA

$3,500 Jeff Legg OPAM Cobalt, Cantaloupe & Lace
  Award of Excellence

Best Signature Member

Funded by OPA

$1,000 Ed David Kucera OPA Feathered Crown
  Award of Excellence

Best Associate Member

Funded by OPA

$1,000 David Gray Arrangement with Light and Shade
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Margaret Ware Reflections
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Carol Swinney OPA Cool Oasis
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Jennifer McChristian Making Our Way Across
  Award of Excellence

Funded by OPA

$500 Dan Beck Big Hat

 

 

American National/Gold Winners

2010

19th National Juried Exhibition

2009

18th National Juried Exhibition
Eastern Regional Exhibition
Western Regional Exhibition

2008

17th National Juried Exhibition
Eastern Regional Exhibition
Western Regional Exhibition

2007

16th National Juried Exhibition
Eastern Regional Exhibition
Central Regional Exhibition
Western Regional Exhibition

2006

15th National Juried Exhibition
Eastern Regional Exhibition
Western Regional Exhibition

 

 
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