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Legacy Awards

Past Award Winners

2015 National

Associate Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Pure Religion is This by Jonathan Stasko
Gold Medal Award
Funded by Oil Painters of America
(Eligibility only once every 3 years for the same artist)
$25,000
Jonathan Stasko
Pure Religion is This
Winter by Mary Qian
Silver Medal Award
Funded by American Art Collector Magazine: Two-page feature article on award winner valued at $6,200
$6,200
Mary Qian
Winter
Saturation Point by Mike Wise OPA
Bronze Medal Award
Funded by Plein Air Magazine
One full-page advertisement valued at $3,800
$3,800
Mike Wise OPA
Saturation Point
The Last Pines by Paul F. Batch
Best Associate Award of Excellence
$1,250 cash donation funded by FASO
$1,250
Paul F. Batch
The Last Pines
Sharing the Stage by John P. Lasater IV
Still Life Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by OPA, $500 Mussini Oil Set by Schmincke, $100 Vernet Oil Color Set provided by Holbein Artists Materials
$1,100
John P. Lasater IV
Sharing the Stage
Road Warriors by Douglas Morgan OPA
Neil Patterson OPAM Award of Excellence
$250 cash donation
Funded by OPA Past President Neil Patterson OPAM
$250
Douglas Morgan OPA
Road Warriors
As Evening Approaches by John F. Budicin OPA
Landscape Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Glaser Frames, $500 Gamblin Artists Colors, $100 Gamblin Artists Colors, $100 New Wave Fine Art Products
$1,100
John F. Budicin OPA
As Evening Approaches
Keep Your Eye on the Ball by Jay Davenport
Animal Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by OPA, Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Jack Richeson & Company, $100 New Wave Fine Art Products
$1,100
Jay Davenport
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
The Fiddler by Hodges D. Soileau OPA
Best Signature Award of Excellence
$1,250 cash donation funded by FASO
$1,250
Hodges D. Soileau OPA
The Fiddler
Looking Back by Sue Foell
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by RayMar Art
$1,000
Sue Foell
Looking Back
The Eternal Dance by Charles Young Walls
Presidents' Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by Past Presidents Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt
$1,000
Charles Young Walls
The Eternal Dance
Harbor by Vahe Yeremyan
Seascape Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation funded by OPA, Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Rosemary & Company, $100 New Wave Fine Art Products
$1,100
Vahe Yeremyan
Harbor
The Days Were Accomplished by Justin Kunz
Most Original Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Jack Richeson & Company
$1,000
Justin Kunz
The Days Were Accomplished
Bruce by Jeff Morrow
Portraiture Award of Excellence
$550 cash donation funded by OPA, $216 Oil Color Set of 20 provided by Holbein Artist Materials, $100 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors, $100 New Wave Fine Art Products, $250 Sennelier Plein Air Oil Set + 2 brushes provided by Savoir-Faire
$1,100
Jeff Morrow
Bruce
Cloud Dance by Kim Casebeer OPA
Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by friends of Ted Goerschner OPAM
$1,000
Kim Casebeer OPA
Cloud Dance
Am I Ready for This? by John D. Cook
Donor's Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA
$1,000
John D. Cook
Am I Ready for This?
The Tavern by Jack Saylor
Realism Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Blick Art Materials, $500 Gamblin Artists Colors, $100 New Wave Fine Art Products
$1,100
Jack Saylor
The Tavern
Texas of the South Pacific by Christian Hemme
Outstanding Composition and Technique Award of Excellence
$500 cash donation
Funded by Yan Sun Art Museum
$500
Christian Hemme
Texas of the South Pacific
You Done Yet? by Dominique I. Medici
Portraiture Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Natural Pigments, $250 Airfloat Systems
$750
Dominique I. Medici
You Done Yet?
Golden Boy by William Pealatere
Animal Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Michael Harding Handmade Artists Oil Colours, $250 Martin F. Weber
$750
William Pealatere
Golden Boy
Traces of Time by Esperanza Chavez
Figurative Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Williamsburg Paints, $250 Martin F. Weber
$750
Esperanza Chavez
Traces of Time
Heavy Metal by Qiang Huang OPA
Still Life Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Blue Ridge Oil Colors, $250 Liliedahl Video Productions
$750
Qiang Huang OPA
Heavy Metal
Backyard by Hao (Fongwei) Liu OPA
Impressionist Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Williamsburg Paints, $250 SourceTek
$750
Fongwei Liu OPA
Backyard
Aspen View by Cristen Miller
Landscape Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Michael Harding Handmade Artists Oil Colours, $250 Guerilla Painter
$760
Cristen Miller
Aspen View
A Moral Scale by Agnieszka Pilat
Realism Honorable Mention
$500 oil color set provided by M. Graham, $250 merchandise certificate funded by Ampersand Art Supply
$750
Agnieszka Pilat
A Moral Scale
Tarpon Reflections by Katie Dobson Cundiff
Seascape Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by: $500 Michael Harding Handmade Artists Oil Colours, $250 ArtFrames.com
$750
Katie Dobson Cundiff
Tarpon Reflections

Master Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
The Beauty of the Dance by David Leffel OPAM
Gold Medal Award
Funded by OPA and Friends of OPA. (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist)
$5,000
David Leffel OPAM
The Beauty of the Dance
Caroline by John Michael Carter OPAM
Silver Medal Award
Funded by American Art Collector: two-page feature article on award winner
$6,200
John Michael Carter OPAM
Caroline
Rocks by the Sea by Ruo Li OPAM
Bronze Medal Award
Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine: one full page advertisement valued at $3,800
$3,800
Ruo Li OPAM
Rocks by the Sea
Crimson and Rose by Daniel Gerhartz OPAM
Donors' Award of Excellence
$1,000 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA, $500 merchandise certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Artists Oil Colours
$1,500
Daniel Gerhartz OPAM
Crimson and Rose
Book of Dreams by David Hettinger OPAM
Most Original Award of Excellence
Funded by Southwest Art Magazine - one full-page advertisement valued at $3,380
$3,380
David Hettinger OPAM
Book of Dreams
Yi Shu Jia by Kevin Macpherson OPAM
Shirl Smithson Founders' Award for Master Signature Members
Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family
$500
Kevin Macpherson OPAM
Yi Shu Jia

Driehaus Award

Other Side of the Tracks by Shelby L. Keefe
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
Shelby L. Keefe
Other Side of the Tracks

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

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Summer

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Fall

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2011
Summer

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Fall

View Winners  – Fall Online Showcase

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