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Awardees

2011 Fall Online Showcase

Associate

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
La Enfermera by Jeff Merrill
First Place Associate Member
$3,000 cash award, made possible thanks to Dorothy Driehaus Mellin and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
$3,000
Jeff Merrill
La Enfermera
Jefferson River by Greg Scheibel
Second Place Associate Member
$1,500 cash award, made possible thanks to Dorothy Driehaus Mellin and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
$1,500
Greg Scheibel
Jefferson River
What I am by Liana Bennett
Third Place Associate Member
$500 cash award, made possible thanks to Dorothy Driehaus Mellin and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
$500
Liana Bennett
What I Am
Farm In Greys by Robert Spooner
Honorable Mention
Robert Spooner
Farm in Greys
Windy Morning by W Jason Situ
Honorable Mention
W Jason Situ
Windy Morning
Morning Mist by Tom Bluemlein
Honorable Mention
Tom Bluemlein
Morning Mist
Self Portrait by A Westerberg
Honorable Mention
A Wester
Self Portrait
Searching (Self Portrait) by Kelly Mellos
Honorable Mention
Kelly Mellos
Searching (Self Portrait)
Antique Market in France by Detek Penix
Honorable Mention
Derek Penix
Antique Market in France
Art Appreciation by Gerald Ruggiero
Honorable Mention
Gerald Ruggiero
Art Appreciation
Five O'Clock Somewhere by Anne blair Brown
Honorable Mention
Anne Blair Brown
Nude on Red by William Schneider
Honorable Mention
William Schnieder
Nude on Red
Winter Lessons by Wanda Choate
Honorable Mention
Wanda Choate
Winter Lessons
The Dance Within by Nancy Howe
Honorable Mention
Nancy Howe
The Dance Within
Vagabonds at Rest by Jennifer McChristian
Honorable Mention
Jennifer McChristian
Vagabonds at Rest
Brown's Memory by Xiao Jiang
Honorable Mention
Xiao Jiang
Brown's Memory
Wassily Chair by Linda Lee Nelson
Honorable Mention
Linda Lee Nelson
Wassily Chair
Camera: State of the Art by Kathy Montgomery
Honorable Mention
Kathy Montgomery
Camera: State of the Art

Associate & Signature Division

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
The Basket Weaver by Hodges Soileau OPA
First Place Signature Member
$3,000 cash award, made possible thanks to Dorothy Driehaus Mellin and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
$3,000
Hodges Soileau AssociateSignature
The Basket Weaver
Shades Of Late Summer by Paul Cheng OPA
Second Place Signature Member
$1,500 cash award, made possible thanks to Dorothy Driehaus Mellin and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
$1,500
Paul Cheng AssociateSignature
Shades of Late Summer
Noelle by Johanna Harmon OPA
Third Place Signature Member
$500 cash award, made possible thanks to Dorothy Driehaus Mellin and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
$500
Johanna Harmon AssociateSignature
Noelle

Awards

2025
2025 Fifth Annual Student Art Competition
2024
2024 OPA Online Showcase Fall
2024 OPA Online Showcase Summer
2024 OPA National Convention Wet Paint Competition
2024 Western Regional Exhibition
2024 OPA National Juried Salon
2024 Eastern Regional Exhibition
2024 OPA Online Showcase Spring
Student Art Competition
2024 National Exhibition & Convention
2023
2023 OPA Fall Online Showcase
2023 OPA Summer Online Showcase
2023 OPA Masters Show
2023 OPA National Convention Wet Paint Competition
2023 Western Regional Exhibition
OPA Online Showcase Spring 2023
2023 Eastern Regional Exhibition
Student Art Competition
2023 National Exhibition & Convention
2022
2022 OPA National Convention Wet Paint Competition
OPA Online Showcase Fall 2022
OPA Online Showcase Summer 2022
2022 Western Regional Exhibition
2022 Eastern Regional Exhibition
OPA Online Showcase Spring 2022
Second Annual Student Art Competition
2022 National Exhibition & Convention
2021
OPA Online Showcase – Fall 2021
2021 National Convention & Wet Paint Competition

2021

Wet Paint
Western
Summer Online Showcase
Student Competition
Spring Online Showcase
Salon
National
Eastern

2020

Wet Paint
Western
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
Salon
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2019

Western
Virtuosos
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2018

WetPaint Studio
WetPaint PleinAir
Western
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
Salon
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2017

Western
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2016

Western
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
Salon
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2015

Western
Virtuosos
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
Salon
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern
CityByTheSea

2014

Western
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
National
Masters
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2013

Western
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
Salon
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2012

Western
Summer Online Showcase
Spring Online Showcase
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2011

Western
Summer Online Showcase
National
Fall Online Showcase
Eastern

2010

Western
National
Eastern

Online Showcase Awards

2020
Spring

Juror of awards: David Mueller OPA
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Michele Usibelli OPA
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: Casey Childs
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2019
Spring

Juror of awards: Nikolo Balkanski OPAM
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Greg LaRock OPA
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: Steve Atkinson OPA
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2018
Spring

Juror of awards: Mary Qian
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Bryce Liston OPA
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: MaryBeth Karaus OPA
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2017
Spring

Juror of awards: Tom Bluemlein OPA
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Louis Escobedo OPA
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: Aimee Erickson
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2016
Spring

Juror of awards:
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Frank LaLumia
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: Anne Blair Brown OPA
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2015
Spring

Juror of awards: Elizabeth Pollie OPA
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Kathy Anderson OPA
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: Kevin Beilfuss OPA
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2014
Spring

Juror of awards: Tim Deibler OPA
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Bryce Liston OPA
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: Dan Beck OPA
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2013
Spring

Juror of awards: Mostafa Keyhani OPA
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Kimberly Casebeer OPA
View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

Juror of awards: Greg Scheibel
View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2012
Spring

View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

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Fall

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2011
Summer

View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

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