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Legacy Awards

Past Award Winners

2013 National

Associate Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
"Jonathan" by Johanna Harmon OPA
Gold Medal Award
Funded by Oil Painters of America
(Eligibility only once every 3 years for the same artist)
$25,000
Johanna Harmon OPA
Jonathan
"Misha" by Mary Qian
Silver Medal Award
Funded by American Art Collector: Two-page feature article on award winner valued at $6,200
$6,200
Mary Qian
Misha
"Carrer del Sant Sever, Barcelona" by Stan Rogers
Bronze Medal Award
Funded by Plein Air Magazine
One full-page advertisement valued at $3,800
$3,800
Stan Rogers
Carrer del Sant Sever, Barcelona
"Evening Eucalyptus" by John F. Budicin OPA
Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by friends of Ted Goerschner OPAM
$1,000
John F. Budicin OPA
Evening Eucalyptus
"Summer Cool" by John Austin Hanna
Donors’ Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & $500 Fredericksburg Artists' School Workshop Scholarship
$1,000
John Austin Hanna
Summer Cool
"South Rim Majestic" by Brenda Howell
Realism Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & $500 Scottsdale Artists' School Workshop Scholarship
$1,000
Brenda Howell
South Rim Majestic
"Reflection of Summer" by Xiao S. Jiang
Seascape Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online
$1,000
Xiao S. Jiang
Reflection of Summer
"Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose" by Mitch T. Baird OPA
Animal Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online
$1,000
Mitch T. Baird OPA
Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose
"Mid Winter Sycamores" by Jason A. Saunders
Best Associate Award of Excellence
Funded by Jack Richeson & Company
$2,000 merchandise certificate
$2,000
Jason A. Saunders
Mid Winter Sycamores
"More Whipped Cream" by Adam Clague
Johnnie Liliedahl Memorial Portraiture Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation by Ralph Liliedahl and Liliedahl Video Productions
$1,000
Adam Clague
More Whipped Cream
"Majesty Rising" by Charles Young Walls
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by RayMar Art
$1,000
Charles Young Walls
Majesty Rising
"Awakening" by Qiang Huang OPA
Still Life Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online & $500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA
$1,000
Qiang Huang OPA
Awakening
"Pink Roses with Silver" by Jacqueline D. Kamin OPA
Best Signature Award of Excellence
Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
One full-page advertisement valued at $3,800
$3,800
Jacqueline D. Kamin OPA
Pink Roses with Silver
"Cliff Shadows-Monument Valley" by Darcie G. Peet OPA
John Marion Pardy Landscape Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by the family of John Marion Pardy
$1,000
Darcie G. Peet OPA
Cliff Shadows-Monument Valley
"Crimson and Clover" by Lori Putnam
Most Original Award of Excellence
Funded by Martin F. Weber Company
$2,000 merchandise certificate
$2,000
Lori Putnam
Crimson and Clover
"Unexpected Snow" by Nikolo Balkanski
Presidents’ Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by Past Presidents Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt
$1,000
Nikolo Balkanski
Unexpected Snow
"Foxgloves and Iris" by Patricia Rohrbacher
Still Life Honorable Mention
$500 gift certificate funded by Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors & Water gilded gold leaf frame funded by Barbara Carter Fine Gilded Frames (valued at $435)
$935
Patricia Rohrbacher
Foxgloves and Iris
"Reading in The Orchard" by J. Ken Spencer OPA
Figurative Honorable Mention
$500 merchandise certificate funded by Natural Pigments & $250 in premium artists panels funded by Source Tek
$750
J. Ken Spencer OPA
Reading in The Orchard
"Lingering Reflections" by Derek W. Penix
Seascape Honorable Mention
$500 merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials & 12 pc. Vernet Oil Color Set funded by HK Holbein (valued at $290)
$790
Derek W. Penix
Lingering Reflections
"Neah Bay" by Chad M. Aldrin
Realism Honorable Mention
$500 merchandise certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors & $250 merchandise certificate by General Pencil
$750
Chad M. Aldrin
Neah Bay
"Quiet Strength" by Lori Beringer
Portraiture Honorable Mention
$500 merchandise certificate funded by Classic Gallery Framing, Inc. & $250 merchandise certificate funded by Savior-Faire
$750
Lori Beringer
Quiet Strength
"Challenger" by Edward Aldrich
Animal Honorable Mention
$500 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co. & $250 merchandise certificate funded by Ampersand Art Supply
$750
Edward Aldrich
Challenger
"Spring Rainbow" by Kathy Anderson
Impressionist Honorable Mention
$500 artist's oil set funded by M. Graham & Company & $250 merchandise certificate funded by General Pencil
$750
Kathy Anderson OPA
Spring Rainbow
"Rainy Day Stroll" by Trish G. Beckham
Landscape Honorable Mention
$500 merchandise certificate funded by Rosemary & Company Brushes, England & $250 merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire
$750
Trish G. Beckham
Rainy Day Stroll

Master Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
“Uyghur Woman” by Shi Zhong Yan OPAM
Gold Medal Award
Funded by OPA and Friends of OPA. (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist)
$5,000
Shizhong Yan OPAM
Uyghur Woman
"The Train Station" by CW Mundy OPAM
Silver Medal Award
Funded by American Art Collector: two-page feature article on award winner
$6,200
CW Mundy OPAM
The Train Station
“L’Arbre” by Albert Handell OPAM
Bronze Medal Award
Funded by Southwest Art Magazine: one full page advertisement
$3,125
Albert Handell OPAM
L’Arbre
“Illumination” by Jeff Legg OPAM
Donors’ Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & $500 merchandise certificate funded by Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors
$1,000
Jeff Legg OPAM
Illumination
“Two Ladies of the Ukraine” by Jeffrey Watts OPAM
Most Original Award of Excellence
Funded by Art of the West Magazine - one half-page advertisement valued at $1,780 & $500 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co.
$2,280
Jeffrey R Watts OPAM
Two Ladies of the Ukraine
Bittersweet and Pears by Joan Potter OPAM
Shirl Smithson Founders’ Award for Master Signature Members
Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family
$500
Joan Potter OPAM
Bittersweet and Pears

Driehaus Award

"Stretching" by Tom L. Nachreiner
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
Tom L. Nachreiner
Stretching

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
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

View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

2011
Summer

View Winners  – Summer Online Showcase

Fall

View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

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