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Business Organizing for Artists
Moving Beyond The Receipt Shoebox: Practical Accounting And Administration For Artists
Presented by OPA Signature Member Kurt Anderson at the 2010 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition. General Rules...
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An Aura of Fragrances by Bryce Cameron Liston OPA
Bryce Cameron Liston Interview
“Being an artist and painting the human figure is what compels me. It wakes me up at night,...
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"Fall in the Moraine" by John Hulsey - 18 x 24" Oil
Creativity
Second only to language in the hierarchy of advanced survival skills must be the ability to imagine something...
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RogerDaleBrown-SmallButImportant
Roger Dale Brown Interview
One would need to have lived in a cave, isolated from humanity, to have not heard of Roger...
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Sherrie McGraw OPAM
Painting Beauty
I’ve been away for several weeks on a painting trip and to attend a workshop in Oregon at...
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On the Road to the OPA National Exhibition in Fredericksburg
Early this year one of my paintings (a large one) was juried into our Oil Painters of America...
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Mian Situ and his model
The Hand of a Master: Portrait Demo by Mian Situ
Any artist knows that seeing a master-craftsman demonstrate his/her skills in person is one of the most effective...
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"Montaña De Oro Surf" by Joyce Pike OPAM 24"x30"
What About Women In The Arts?
I have been asked many times, did I find it hard being a woman in the field of...
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Chart Your Abilities
Authenticity, Creativity and the Quest for a Singular Vision
Summary by Susan Blackwood OPA based on OPA 2013 National Exhibition presentation by Joe Paquet Joe was our...
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David Hardy – The Ginger Jar – 12″x 12″ – Oil
Classical (Classic) Realism – Part 3
A three-part series that highlights the origins and resurgence of Classic Realism and its importance to the 21st...
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