2010 National

Master Signature

	VALUE	WINNER	PAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award Funded by OPA ($3,600) and Friends of OPA ($1,400) (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist)	$5,000	Ruo Li	California Autumn
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector (Two-page feature article on awardee)	$5,600	Jeffrey R Watts OPAM	Last Light Granville Martin Ranch
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Southwest Art Magazine - One full page advertisement ($3,125) and one dedicated e-mail broadcast ($550)	$3,675	Jeff Legg OPAM	Green Bottle with Apricots
Member's Choice Award Master Signature Division Funded by Art of the West Magazine - Half page advertisement ($1780), 24"x30" 23k Water Guilded Gold Leaf Frame funded by Barbara Carter Fine Guilded Frames ($365), 450 page full color book on Ilya Repin donated by Dick Bell Book Maven ($290)	$2,435	Huihan Liu OPAM	Foothill of Mt. Tanggula
Shirl Smithson Founders Award for Master Signature Members Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family	$500	Quang Ho OPAM	The Ohio Gentleman

Associate Signature

	VALUE	WINNER	PAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award Funded by Oil Painters of America (Eligibility only once every 3 years for the same artist)	$22,000	Mary Qian	Model on Break
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine: two page feature article on award winner	$5,600	Kristine Pallas	Under the Golden Gate
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine: one full page advertisement	$3,520	Dave A Santillanes	Spring Runoff - Study
President's Award of Excellence Funded by Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt	$1,000	William Alther	Mount Hope
Donor's Award of Excellence Funded by Friends of OPA	$1,000	Richard B Hall	Breakfast Special: Ham’r and Egg
Animals Award of Excellence $450 -18” x 24” 22 karat gold frame funded by Wallis Brothers’ Framing, Inc.; $250 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co.; $130 merchandise certificate funded by Martin F. Weber; $209 Artists’ Oil Colour Box funded by Winsor & Newton	$1,000	Jennifer N O'Cualain	Mourning
Figurative Award of Excellence $500 cash donation and two years of web hosting valued at $600 funded by Fine Art Studio On-Line	$1,100	Kevin C Beilfuss	Abide With Me
John Marion Pardy Landscape Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by the family of John Marion Pardy	$1,000	Marc R Hanson OPA	Sunday Morning Frost
Portraiture Award of Excellence $500 cash donation by OPA; $500 Fredericksburg Artists’ School Workshop Scholarship	$1,000	Hai-ou Hou	Girl with her Cat
Seascape Award of Excellence $500 merchandise certificate from Classic Gallery Frames; $500 merchandise certificate from Air Float Systems	$1,000	Laurie Kersey	Late Afternoon
Member's Choice Award / Associate & Signature Division Merchandise certificate funded by Utrecht	$1,000	Stanislav Prokopenko	Noble Savage
Animals Honorable Mention $250 merchandise certificate from Sourcetek; $250 merchandise certificate from Gamblin Artists Colors Co.	$500	Daria Shachmut	Beast
Figurative Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Jack Richeson & Company, Inc.	$500	Aaron A Westerberg	Harmony in Green and Blue
Landscape Honorable Mention $250 cash funded by Liliedahl Video Productions; $250 Blick Art Materials Merchandise Certificate	$500	Sandhyaa S Shetty	Creek at Sunset
Portraiture Honorable Mention $250 cash funded by Liliedahl Video Productions; $250 Blick Art Materials Merchandise Certificate	$500	Bjorn Thorkelson	Girl with Apples
Still Life Honorable Mention Free Prepress and one sheet paper or canvas reproduction funded by Hunter Editions	$500	Mary Dolph Wood	Brilliant Poppies