2017 National

Master Signature

	VALUE	WINNER	PAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award Funded by OPA and Friends of OPA (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist)	$7,500	Jan Peng Wang OPAM	Plateau Smoke
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine; two-page feature article on award winner	$6,200	Sherrie McGraw OPAM	On the Night of the Night Fires
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine; one full-page advertisement	$3,800	Christopher Zhang OPAM	Old Man Smoking Pipe
Impressionist Award of Excellence $500 cash donation funded by FASO, $500 merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials	$1,000	Craig Tennant OPAM	Spring Jam
Realism Award of Excellence $500 cash donation funded by FASO, $500 merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials	$1,000	Daud Akhriev OPAM	Russian Tea Party V
Most Original Award of Excellence Funded by Southwest Art Magazine; one full-page advertisement	$3,380	Ruo Li OPAM	Calm Noon
Outstanding Composition and Technique Award of Excellence Funded by Art of the West Magazine; 2/3 page advertisement	$2,340	David A. Leffel OPAM	Pueblo Man with Eagle Feather
Donors’ Award of Excellence $500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA, $500 merchandise certificate funded by Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff	$1,000	Nancy Howe OPAM	Oomingmak on the Rise
Shirl Smithson Founders’ Award for Master Signature Members Cash donation funded by the Shirl Smithson Family	$500	Huihan Liu OPAM	Prayer Flag on the Pass
Members’ Choice Honorable Mentions Award for Master Signature Members Merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors	$500	Jeffrey Watts OPAM	Ruthie

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)	$25,000	Jeanya Charles	The Little Sister
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine; Two-page feature article on award winner	$6,200	Ardith A. Starostka	Little Bird
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Plein Air Magazine Full-page advertisement	$3,800	David Gray	Boy
Best Signature Award of Excellence $1,500 cash donation funded by FASO	$1,500	Pauline Roche OPA	Taking Notes
Art Renewal Center Realism Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by Art Renewal Center	$1,000	Mary Sauer	A Little Bit of Everything
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by RayMar Art	$1,000	Meadow R. Gist OPA	A Storm is Coming
Most Original Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials	$1,000	Terry Strickland	It's a Man's World
Seascape Award of Excellence Merchandise certificates: $500 funded by JFM Enterprises, $500 funded by Robin Imaging	$1,000	Lynn Wade	Places to Go
Outstanding Composition and Technique Award of Excellence $676 Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account, $500 merchandise certificate funded by Grumbacher	$1,176	Ni Zhu	The Light
Neil Patterson OPAM Award of Excellence $250 cash donation Funded by OPA Past President Neil Patterson OPAM	$250	Christina C. Kuo	Alluring
Board of Directors’ Award of Excellence $1,500 cash donation funded by OPA Board of Directors, $676 Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account, $650 easel light funded by Revelite	$2,826	Casey Childs	Embrace
Presidents’ Award of Excellence Cash donation funded equally by Past Presidents Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt	$1,000	Junn Roca OPA	Oaks, Poppies and Lupines
Alden Bryan Memorial Landscape Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by the Alden and Mary Bryan Arts Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation	$1,000	Joshua D. Clare	Ditch Bank
Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by Friends of Ted Goerschner OPAM	$1,000	Jason J. Sacran	Jacob's Ladder
Still Life Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire	$1,000	Lindsay Goodwin	Belle Epoque Paris
Members’ Choice Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire	$1,000	Doreen J. St. John	Symphony of the Wetlands
Portraiture Award of Excellence Merchandise certificates: $500 funded by Larson-Juhl, $500 funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colours	$1,000	Johanna Harmon OPA	Cari
Animal Award of Excellence $676 Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account, $500 merchandise certificate funded by M. Graham & Co.	$1,176	Mostafa Keyhani OPA	Red-backed Fairywren
Best Associate Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff	$1,500	Justin Kunz	Days of Purification
Seascape Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates: $500 funded by Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors, $250 funded by SourceTek Art Supply	$750	Donald W. Demers	Acadian Surf
Portraiture Honorable Mention Holbein Artist Oil Color Set of 20 & 55 ml. bottle of Linseed Oil ($250), Merchandise certificates: $250 funded by Ampersand Art Supply, $250 funded by Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing	$750	Susan Hong-Sammons	The Graduate
Impressionist Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates: $250 funded by Liliedahl Video Productions, $250 funded by Jack Richeson & Co, $250 funded by MasterPak	$750	MaryBeth Karaus OPA	Fragile Morning
Members’ Choice Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors	$500	Mostafa Keyhani OPA	Red-backed Fairywren
Landscape Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates: $250 funded by Liliedahl Video Productions, $250 funded by Rosemary & Co. Artists Brushes, $250 funded by ArtFrames	$750	Cindy Baron OPA	Promising
Still Life Honorable Mention $250 cash donation funded by Bella Muse Productions, Merchandise certificates: $250 funded by Bella Muse Productions, $250 funded by Masterworks Frames	$750	Mark J. Farina OPA	Crock & Pears
Most Original Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates: $500 funded by Blue Ridge Oils, $250 funded by SourceTek Art Supply	$750	J. Ken Spencer OPA	Intuition
Animal Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates: $500 funded by Trekell Art Supply, $250 funded by Airfloat Systems	$750	William A. Suys Jr. OPA	Golden Light Longhorn
Best Associate Honorable Mention $650 easel light funded by Revelite, $676 Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account	$1,326	Eric K. Johnson	Kip with Cigarette
Realism Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates: $500 funded by Trekell Art Supply, $250 funded by MasterPak	$750	Mike Wise OPA	Delicate Balance
Figurative Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates: $500 funded by Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors, $250 funded by Masterworks Frames	$750	Ula Movchan	Henry