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Legacy Awards

Past Award Winners

2013 Salon

Associate Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Waiter by Vadim Dolgov
Board of Directors Gold Medal Award
$3,000 cash award funded by Crooked Tree Arts Center Board of Directors
$3,000
Vadim Dolgov
Waiter
Lanterns by David B Riedel
Silver Medal Award
Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine/One full-page advertisement valued at $3,800
$3,800
David B Riedel
Lanterns
Charleston Stories by Bill Farnsworth OPA
Bronze Medal Award
$2,000 cash award funded by Ermy and Gordon Bonfield
$2,000
Bill Farnsworth OPA
Charleston Stories
Reading by Kristan Le
CTAC Performing Arts Committee Award of Excellence for Portraiture
$500 cash award
$500
Kristan Le
Reading
Loosey Goosey by Howard Friedland OPA
Gabriella and Sofia Bacigalupi Award of Excellence for Animals
$500 cash award
$500
Howard Friedland OPA
Loosey Goosey
Stopped at the Tracks by Lori Putnam
CTAC Education Committee Award of Excellence for Impressionism
$500 cash award
$500
Lori Putnam
Stopped at the Tracks
King's Square by Stan Rogers
Mary Ann and Michael Van Lokeren Award of Excellence for Cityscape
$500 cash award
$500
Stan Rogers
King's Square
Brigade de Cuisine by Michele Usibelli
Wineguys Restaurant Group Award of Excellence for Figurative
$500 cash award
$500
Michele Usibelli
Brigade de Cuisine
Vase with Eucalyptus by Larry J Clingman
Paula Usitalo Memorial Award of Excellence for Still Life
$500 cash award
$500
Larry J Clingman
Vase with Eucalyptus
Gesture by Christopher E Groves
Penny and Mike Isermann Award of Excellence for Seascape
$500 cash award
$500
Christopher E Groves
Gesture
Over the Top by Nancie King Mertz
Honorable Mention
Funded by Maserpiece a year's subscription & online software valued at $1,100
$1,100
Nancie King Mertz
Over the Top
City Streets by Louis Escobedo
Honorable Mention
$1,000 cash award funded by Wes and Karen Hovey
$1,000
Louis Escobedo
City Streets
Painting Day by Robert G Hagberg OPA
Honorable Mention
$1,000 printing services gift certificate funded by Mitchell Graphics
$1,000
Robert G Hagberg OPA
Painting Day

Master Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
“Hot Walker” by John Michael Carter OPAM
OPA Gold Medal Award
John Michael Carter OPAM
Hot Walker

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
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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
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2018
Spring

Juror of awards: Mary Qian
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Bryce Liston OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: MaryBeth Karaus OPA
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2017
Spring

Juror of awards: Tom Bluemlein OPA
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Summer

Juror of awards: Louis Escobedo OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Aimee Erickson
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2016
Spring

Juror of awards:
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Frank LaLumia
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Fall

Juror of awards: Anne Blair Brown OPA
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2015
Spring

Juror of awards: Elizabeth Pollie OPA
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Summer

Juror of awards: Kathy Anderson OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Kevin Beilfuss OPA
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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
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2013
Spring

Juror of awards: Mostafa Keyhani OPA
View Winners  – Spring Online Showcase

Summer

Juror of awards: Kimberly Casebeer OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Greg Scheibel
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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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