It was the day after Labor Day in 1954, where I found myself sitting in a first-grade classroom....

It was an amazing thing to be accepted into the 2018 OPA National Exhibition in Steamboat Springs, CO....

OPA will be taking Deep Dives into our archives and sharing our favorite posts from years past. Please enjoy this Deep Dive by Adam...

There are several ways to create more depth and a feeling of 3-D space in your paintings. Some...

One thing is certain; the more I teach, the more I learn.  There are so many technical lessons:...

OPA Says Goodbye to Master Signature Artist Nancy S. CrookstonNovember 23, 1948 – November 17, 2023 It is...

Every artist’s journey is different. There is no one magic formula or specific path to a successful art...

I remember a conversation with Richard Carroll, the founder of Florida’s Forgotten Coast Plein Air, before my first...

What makes an artist? I ask this because I was pondering the question after I had read several...

In this OPA blog, the issues related to using and copying the work or ideas of other artists...