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Legacy Awards

Past Award Winners

2020 National

Associate Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Farewell Jupiter by Bryce C Liston OPA
Gold Medal Award
Funded by Oil Painters of America (Eligibility only once every two years for the same artist)
$25,000
Bryce C Liston OPA
Farewell Jupiter
On the Road by Diane N. Eugster
Silver Medal Award
Funded by American Art Collector Magazine Two-page feature article on award winner
$6,800
Diane N Eugster
On the Road
We Make Do by David R. Dibble OPA
Bronze Medal Award
Funded by Art of the West Magazine One full-page advertisement
$3,075
David R Dibble OPA
We Make Do
Late Night Dim Sum by Jennifer A. McChristian OPA
Best Signature Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by FASO ($750) and Merchandise certificate funded by SourceTek ($250)
$1,000
Jennifer A McChristian OPA
Late Night Dim Sum
Portrait of John Giarrizzo by Casey Childs
Portraiture Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff ($500) and Savoir-Faire ($500)
$1,000
Casey Childs
Portrait of John Giarrizzo
Sanibel Seagulls by Derek W. Penix OPA
Members’ Choice Signature Member Award of Excellence
Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account
$1,250
Derek W Penix OPA
Sanibel Seagulls
Self Portrait, Preparing for Worship by Joseph Daily
Art Renewal Center Realism Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by Art Renewal Center
$1,000
Joseph Daily
Self Portrait, Preparing for Worship
Anna with Dishes by Mary Sauer
Members’ Choice Associate Member Award of Excellence
Bright Light Fine Art Master Membership Account ($1,165) and Cash donation by Friends of OPA ($75)
$1,240
Mary Sauer
Anna with Dishes
They Made Maps of the Sky by Kim Vanderhoek
Alden Bryan Memorial Landscape Painting Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by the Alden and Mary Bryan Arts Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation
$1,000
Kim Vanderhoek
They Made Maps of the Sky
Lady in Waiting by Marc Anderson
Seascape Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by Blick Art Materials ($500) and Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors ($500)
$1,000
Marc Anderson
Lady in Waiting
Playing with Black and White by Karen A. Budan OPA
Presidents’ Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by Past Presidents Betty Schmidt and Zhiwei Tu OPAM
$1,000
Karen A Budan OPA
Playing with Black and White
American Window by Bryan Cohen
Most Original Award of Excellence
Bright Light Fine Art Master Membership Account
$1,164
Bryan Cohen
American Window
Madonna by Timothy Rees
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by RayMar Art
$1,000
Timothy Rees
Madonna
Sunflower Sonata by Elizabeth Robbins OPA
Still Life Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by Savoir-Faire ($500) and Blick Art Materials ($500)
$1,000
Elizabeth Robbins OPA
Sunflower Sonata
Spring Pasture by Diane Frossard OPA
Animal Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificates funded by Maimero Puro ($500) and Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors ($500)
$1,000
Diane Frossard OPA
Spring Pasture
Anna with Dishes by Mary Sauer
Best Associate Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by FASO ($750) and Merchandise certificate funded Jack Richeson & Co. ($250)
$1,000
Mary Sauer
Anna with Dishes
Symphonic Water Lilies by Qiang Huang OPA
Neil Patterson OPAM Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by OPA Past President Neil Patterson OPAM
$250
Qiang Huang OPA
Symphonic Water Lilies
Cypress Point in Point Lobos by Thomas J. Kitts
Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by friends of Ted Goerschner OPAM
$1,000
Thomas J Kitts
Cypress Point in Point Lobos
Sadhu at the Manikarnika Burning Ghat in Varanasi by Pavel Sokov
Outstanding Composition and Technique Award of Excellence
Funded by Plein Air Magazine - one-half page advertisement
$2,150
Pavel Sokov
Sadhu at the Manikarnika Burning Ghat in Varanasi
Tango in the Woods by Hongnian Zhang
Outstanding Composition and Technique Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by Sourcetek ($250) and MasterPak ($250)
$500
Hongnian Zhang
Tango in the Woods
Dawn Over the Wharf by Poppy J. Balser
Seascape Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials
$500
Poppy J Balser
Dawn Over the Wharf
Written in the Wind by Terry L. Reimer
Most Original Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire
$500
Terry L Reimer
Written in the Wind
Mr. Ricco Wright by Linda H. Dunbar
Figurative Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by MasterPak ($250) and Liliedahl Video Productions ($250)
$500
Linda H Dunbar
Mr. Ricco Wright
Because You're Mine by Randy Saffle
Best Associate Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors
$500
Randy Saffle
Because You're Mine
Oasis by Bill Farnsworth OPA
Animal Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire
$500
Bill Farnsworth OPA
Oasis
Winter Creek by Dave A. Santillanes OPA
Members’ Choice Signature Member Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Royal Talens
$500
Dave A Santillanes OPA
Winter Creek
Teenage Girl by Eric Fei Guan
Realism Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artist Colors ($450) and Cash donation by Friends of OPA ($50)
$500
Eric Fei Guan
Teenage Girl
Music City by Brian Slawson OPA
Best Signature Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors
$500
Brian Slawson OPA
Music City
Butter Milk Tea by Tony T. Luo
Members’ Choice Associate Member Honorable Mention
Gift package funded by Gamblin Artist Colors ($450) and Cash donation by Friends of OPA ($50)
$500
Tony T Luo
Butter Milk Tea
Colt Special by John C. Moffitt
Still Life Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by AirFloat Systems ($250) and Maimeri Puro ($250)
$500
John C Moffitt
Colt Special
Winter Creek by Dave A. Santillanes OPA
Landscape Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colours
$500
Dave A Santillanes OPA
Winter Creek
Hour of Gold by Barbara Schilling
Impressionist Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificate funded by JFM Enterprises
$500
Barbara Schilling
Hour of Gold
Butter Milk Tea by Tony T. Luo
Portraiture Honorable Mention
Merchandise certificates funded by Rosemary & Co. Artist Brushes ($250) and Ampersand Art Supply ($250)
$500
Tony T Luo
Butter Milk Tea

Master Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Salt Lamps and Sage by Jeffrey Watts
Gold Medal Award
Funded by OPA and Friends of OPA. (Eligibility only once every two years for the same artist)
$7,500
Jeffrey Watts OPAM
Salt Lamps and Sage
Transitory Repose by Jeff Legg
Bronze Medal Winner
Funded by Southwest Art Magazine - one full-page advertisement
$3,380
Jeff Legg OPAM
Transitory Repose
Summer Job by Christopher Zhang
Impressionist Award of Excellence
Cash donation funded by Bella Muse Productions ($500) and Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials ($500)
$1,000
Christopher Zhang OPAM
Summer Job
Youth by Louis Escobedo
Most Original Award of Excellence
Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur - one half-page advertisement
$2,150
Louis Escobedo OPAM
Youth
Percy - 68th Street by Daniel Greene
Realism Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colours
$1,000
Daniel Greene OPAM
Percy - 68th Street
Sozopol Fishing Boats by Nikolo Balkanski
Donors’ Award of Excellence
Merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire ($500) and Cash donation funded by Friends of OPA ($500)
$1,000
Nikolo Balkanski OPAM
Sozopol Fishing Boats
Evening Light On The Houseboat by Huihan Liu
Shirl Smithson Founders’ Award for Master Signature Members
Cash donation funded by the Shirl Smithson Family
$500
Huihan Liu OPAM
Evening Light On The Houseboat
Percy - 68th Street by Daniel Greene
Members’ Choice Honorable Mention Award for Master Signature Members
1-36” Easel Light funded by Revelite Fine Art Lighting
$650
Daniel Greene OPAM
Percy - 68th Street

Driehaus Award

Bouquet by Joni Jurek
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, Missouri, Ohio or Wisconsin
$20,000
Joni Jurek
Bouquet

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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