2018 National

Associate Signature

	VALUE	WINNER	PAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award Funded by Oil Painters of America (Eligibility only once every two years for the same artist)	$25,000	Casey Childs	Take These Broken Wings
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine Two-page feature article on award winner	$6,200	John M Pototschnik OPA	Be Still My Soul
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Plein Air Magazine Full-page advertisement	$3,995	Nathaniel Skousen	Beholding to None
Neil Patterson OPAM Award of Excellence $250 cash donation funded by OPA Past President Neil Patterson OPAM	$250	Tsultrim Tenzin	Distant
Most Original Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials	$1,000	Jan Zhang	Cherry Flowers
Art Renewal Center Realism Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by Art Renewal Center	$1,000	Mark A Boedges	Vermont Winter
Outstanding Composition and Technique Award of Excellence Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account	$1,250	TJ Cunningham	Where the Trout Live
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by RayMar Art	$1,000	Bryce C Liston OPA	Deep in the Night
Seascape Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire	$1,000	Michael Situ OPA	Evening in Laguna Beach
Best Signature Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by FASO ($750), Merchandise certificate funded by Cheap Joes’s Art Stuff ($750)	$1,500	John W Taft OPA	A Little Saturation
Still Life Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials	$1,000	Ann Kraft Walker OPA	Of Sand and Sea
Best Associate Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by FASO ($750), Merchandise certificate funded by Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff ($750)	$1,500	Phil Boatwright	Along the Mohawk
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	Christine Lashley	Blues and Gold
Members’ Choice Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Maimeri Puro Oils	$1,000	Bryce C Liston OPA	Deep in the Night
Portraiture Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colours	$1,000	Patrick M Meehan OPA	A Moment Alone
Animal Award of Excellence Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account	$1,250	Derek W Penix	Swirling Koi
Presidents’ Award of Excellence Cash donation funded equally by Past Presidents Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt	$1,000	Jane Hunt	West of Town
Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by friends of Ted Goerschner OPA	$1,000	Rusty G Jones	Evening Glow
Figurative Honorable Mention Oil color set funded by M. Graham & Company ($500), Merchandise certificate funded by ArtFrames ($250)	$750	William L Angresano	My Daughter Gabrielle and Her Dog Boo
Members’ Choice Honorable Mention Schmincke Mussini Anniversary Wooden Box Set: 36 Colors of 15ml tubes ($470) and Grumbacher Pre-Tested 10-Color Sampler Set ($88.50)	$560	MaryBeth Karaus OPA	Orange Romance
Seascape Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors ($500) and Ampersand Art Supply ($250)	$750	Rebecca Leer	Turbulence
Still Life Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Rembrandt Oils ($500) and SourceTek Art Supply ($250)	$750	Kyle Ma	White Roses
Best Signature Honorable Mention Easel light funded by Revelite	$650	Tom Nachreiner OPA	No One Home
Landscape Honorable Mention Cash donation funded by Wild Horse Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO ($500), Merchandise certificates funded by Masterpak Inc. ($250)	$750	David R Dibble	Five More Minutes
Realism Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates funded by Trekell Art Supply ($500) and Masterpak Inc. ($250)	$750	Jeremy Goodding	Autumn Reflections
Impressionist Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates funded by Gamblin Artists Colors ($500) and Airfloat Systems ($250)	$750	Brent Jensen	Drying the Sails in Kennebunkport
Most Original Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Trekell Art Supply ($500), Rosemary & Company Brush Bouquet ($250)	$750	Susan Lindsey	Shadow Dancer
Best Associate Honorable Mention Easel light funded by Revelite	$650	Donald Darst	The Bird Scoop
Animal Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates funded by JFM Enterprises ($500) and Liliedahl Video Productions ($250)	$750	Diane Frossard	Afternoon Solace
Portraiture Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors ($500), Rosemary & Company Brush Bouquet ($250)	$750	William A Schneider OPA	Reckless

Master Signature

	VALUE	WINNER	PAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award Funded by OPA and Friends of OPA. (Eligibility only once every two years for the same artist)	$7,500	Xiao S. Jiang OPAM	Boat Place
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine - two-page feature article on award winner	$6,200	Jan Peng Wang OPAM	Composition of the Oriental
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine - one full-page advertisement	$3,995	Christopher Zhang OPAM	A Couple in Front of the Holly Temple
Donors’ Award of Excellence Cash donations funded by Bella Muse Productions ($500) and Friends of OPA ($500)	$1,000	Kathy Anderson OPAM	Red Nasturtiums with Mixed Pottery
Realism Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by FASO ($500), Merchandise certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors ($500)	$1,000	Nancy Howe OPAM	Kintsugi
Most Original Award of Excellence Funded by Southwest Art Magazine - one full-page advertisement	$3,380	Daud Akhriev OPAM	Gossip
Impressionist Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by the FASO ($500), Merchandise certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Artists Oil Colours ($500)	$1,000	Nikolo Balkanski OPAM	Blue September-Grand Mesa
Shirl Smithson Founders’ Award for Master Signature Members Cash donation funded by the Shirl Smithson Family	$500	Jeff Legg OPAM	Red Aria
Members’ Choice Honorable Mention Award for Master Signature Members Merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors	$500	Jeff Legg OPAM	Red Aria