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Awardees

2022 Western Regional Exhibition

Associate & Signature Division

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Rejuvenation 2.0
Gold Medal
Cash award funded by OPA
$4,000
John D. Cook
Rejuvenation 2.0
Big Sister
Silver Medal
Artist Focus Feature funded by American Art Collector Magazine
$3,600
Jing Zhao OPA
Big Sister
La Nuit est Finie
Bronze Medal
One full-page advertisement funded by Southwest Art Magazine
$3,380
Richie Carter
La Nuit est Finie
Gherkin Palooza
Most Original Award of Excellence
Lifetime Achievement Account funded by Artwork Archive
$2,016
Elizabeth Rouland
Gherkin Palooza
Bow and Arrows
Realism Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire ($250) and $250 cash funded by OPA
$500
Karen A. Budan OPA
Bow and Arrows
Daydreamy
Impressionist Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by PaintTube ($250) and Dixon Ticonderoga ($250)
$500
Pamela Taylor Blaies
Daydreamy
Watching
Animal Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artist Colors
$500
Diane Frossard OPA
Watching
New Dress, Reading in Malibu
Figurative Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colors ($250) and Savoir-Faire ($250)
$500
Nikita Budkov
New Dress, Reading in Malibu
Dusk in the Hinterland
Landscape Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors ($250) and JFM Enterprises ($250)
$500
Mason Cole Williams
Dusk in the Hinterland
The Geek
Portraiture Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire ($250), Studio Art Light with Stand funded by Method Lighting ($170), and $80 cash funded by OPA
$500
Farshid Namei OPA
The Geek
A Moment in Time
Still Life Award of Excellence
Pre-selected merchandise funded by Jack Richeson & Co.
$500
Elizabeth Robbins OPA
A Moment in Time
La Jolla Cove Morning
Seascape Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by Savoir-Faire ($250) and Blue Ridge Oil Colors ($250)
$500
Brian Belfield OPA
La Jolla Cove Morning
Patterns
Award of Excellence
Cash award funded by OPA
$100
Mary Russell
Patterns
Reading Bram Stoker
Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials
$100
Ilene Gienger-Stanfield OPA
Reading Bram Stoker
Portrait of Qiang Nationality
Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials
$100
Kun Wang OPA
Portrait of Qiang Nationality
Testing My Mettle
Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials
$100
Natasha Isenhour
Testing My Mettle
Umbrella Man
Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials
$100
Echo Baker
Umbrella Man
Trouble Makers
Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials
$100
J. Ken Spencer OPA
Trouble Makers

Master Signature Division

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Pomegranates and Brass
Gold Medal
Cash award funded by OPA
$3,500
Jeff Legg OPAM
Pomegranates and Brass
Wild & Cautious
Silver Medal
Half-page advertisement in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine valued at $2,150
$2,150
Louis Escobedo OPAM
Wild & Cautious
At Waters Edge
Bronze Medal
One-third page advertisement in Art of the West Magazine valued at $1,185
$1,185
Albert Handell OPAM
At Waters Edge

Awards

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

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

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Fall

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