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Legacy Awards

Past Award Winners

2012 National

Associate Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Tied by S. Jiang
Gold Medal Award
Funded by Oil Painters of America (Eligibility only once every 3 years for the same artist)
$25,000
Xiao S. Jiang
Tide
Karen in White by W. Mccormack
Silver Medal Award
Funded by American Art Collector Magazine. Two page feature article on award winner valued at $6,200.
$6,200
Paul W. McCormack
Karen in White
Idle Hours by Choate
Bronze Medal Award
Funded by Jack Richeson & Company. $5,000 in Jack Richeson oils, gessoed panels, linen canvas, or American made BEST stretcher bars.
$5,000
Wanda Choate OPA
Idle Hours
California Coast by M. Coleman
Seascape Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by Liliedahl Video Productions & $400 gift certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors & 2-8” x 10” hand-carved solid wood readymade gold leaf frames funded by Summit Frames valued at $220
$1,120
Barbara M. Coleman
California Coast
On My Way Home by Dobson Cundiff
Impressionist Award of Excellence
$500 gift certificate funded by Classic Gallery Framing, Inc. & $500 gift certificate funded by Blick Art Materials
$1,000
Katie Dobson Cundiff
On My Way Home
Guardian of the Sacred Fruit by Escobedo
Most Original Award of Excellence
Funded by Fine Art Studio Online. $1,000 cash donation.
$1,000
Louis Escobedo
Guardian of the Sacred Fruit
Duomo Di Milano by W. Penix
President's Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by Past Presidents Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt
$1,000
Derek W. Penix
Duomo Di Milano
Oak Creek Passage by A. Santillanes
Realism Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by OPA & $500 Fredericksburg Artists’ School Workshop Scholarship
$1,000
Dave A. Santillanes
Oak Creek Passage
Dignity by R. Sekerak
Portraiture Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online & $500 in premium artist panels funded by SourceTek
$1,000
Angela R. Sekerak Burns
Dignity
That Little Piggy by Connelly
Animals Award of Excellence
Funded by Art of the West Magazine. One full-page advertisement valued at $3,075.
$3,075
Jim Connelly OPA
That Little Piggy
Top Light by W. Taft
John Marion Pardy Landscape Award of Excellence
Funded by the family of John Marion Pardy. $1,000 cash donation.
$1,000
John W. Taft OPA
Top Light
Gentleness by Gann
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by RayMar Art
$1,000
Melissa Gann
Gentleness
Hydrangeas and Roses by D. Kamin
Still Life Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation by OPA & $500 Scottsdale Artists’ School Workshop Scholarship
$1,000
Jacqueline D. Kamin
Hydrangeas and Roses
Traipsing in Trastevere by A. Mcchristian
Donor's Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & HK Holbein Artists’ Oil Colors 32 Essential Color Set valued at $398
$900
Jennifer A. McChristian
Traipsing in Trastevere
A Winter's Tale by C. Liston
Figurative Honorable Mention
$250 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artist’s Colors Co & 24” x 30” 23k Water Gilded Gold Leaf Frame funded by Barbara Carter Fine Gilded Frames valued at $365
$615
Bryce C. Liston OPA
A Winter's Tale
Late Fall Light by Baron
Landscape Honorable Mention
$250 gift certificate funded by Meininger Art Supply & $250 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co
$500
Cindy Baron
Late Fall Light
Wrapped in Thought by C. Cole
Portraiture Honorable Mention
$250 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online & $250 gift certificate funded by Ampersand Art Supply
$500
Buell C. Cole
Wrapped in Thought
For Love & Money: Sailing the Ngalawa by Egeli
Seascape Honorable Mention
$250 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online & $244 Artists’ Oil Colour Set funded by Winsor & Newton
$500
Lisa Egeli
For Love & Money: Sailing the Ngalawa
Orchid with Odalisque by T. Mcvicker
Still Life Honorable Mention
$500 gift certificate funded by Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors
$500
Jim T. McVicker
Orchid with Odalisque
The Team by V. Barnes
Animals Honorable Mention
$500 gift certificate from Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors
$500
Cliff V. Barnes
The Team

Master Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
The Provision by Jeff Legg OPAM
Gold Medal Award
Funded by OPA and Friends of OPA. (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist)
$5,000
Jeff Legg OPAM
The Provision
Fishing Village on the Xi River, China by William Chambers OPAM
Silver Medal Award
Funded by American Art Collector Magazine - two page feature article on award winner
$6,200
William Chambers OPAM
Fishing Village on the Xi River, China
Shake by Nancy S. Crookston OPAM
Bronze Medal Award
Funded by Southwest Art Magazine - one full page advertisement
$3,125
Nancy S. Crookston OPAM
Shake
Of An Evening by Daniel Gerhartz OPAM
Donors' Award of Excellence - Master Signature Division
$500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & Premium handmade oil brushes by Rosemary & Co. valued at $250
$750
Daniel Gerhartz OPAM
Of An Evening
Alley Way, Ronda, Spain by Kenn Backhaus OPAM
Shirl Smithson Founders’ Award for Master Signature Members
Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family
$500
Kenn Backhaus OPAM
Alley Way, Ronda, Spain

Driehaus Award

Yellow Peonies by R. Sazonoff
The Dorothy Driehaus Mellin Fellowship for Midwestern Artists
This fellowship is provided through a generous contribution by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for an OPA artist residing in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
$20,000
Dayle R. Sazonoff
Yellow Peonies

Past Award Winners

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
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Summer

Juror of awards: Michele Usibelli OPA
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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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