2021 National

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	Daniel Gerhartz OPAM	What is Left Unsaid
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine - two-page feature article on award winner	$6,800	Huihan Liu OPAM	Taos Light
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine - one full-page advertisement	$3,995	Johanna Harmon OPAM	Jeweled Garden
Impressionist Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors	$500	Calvin Liang OPAM	A View from La Jolla
Most Original Award of Excellence Funded by Southwest Art Magazine - one full-page advertisement	$3,380	John Michael Carter OPAM	Considerations
Realism Award of Excellence Merchandise certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colours	$500	Jeff Legg OPAM	Carpe Diem
Shirl Smithson Founders� Award for Master Signature Members Cash donation funded by the Shirl Smithson Family	$500	James Tennison OPAM	Pacific Madrone

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	Kyle Ma OPA	Zion Bighorn Sheep
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine - Two-page feature article on award winner	$6,800	Eric Karl Johnson OPA	Jesse
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Art of the West Magazine - One full-page advertisement	$3,075	Katie J. Liddiard	Roses and Grapevines
Seascape Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by Ship & Insure ($500) and Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials ($500)	$1,000	Debra Nadelhoffer	Afternoon Walk
Best Signature Award of Excellence Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account	$1,250	Derek W. Penix OPA	Julian Apples
Members� Choice Signature Member Award of Excellence 18 color set of M. Graham Artist Oil Paints ($340) and Merchandise certificate funded by SourceTek ($250)	$590	Anna R. Bain OPA	Curiosity and Chaos
Presidents� Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by Past Presidents Betty Schmidt and Zhiwei Tu OPAM	$1,000	Pavel Sokov	Worship of the Ganga
Still Life Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by Bella Muse Productions ($500) and Merchandise certificate funded by Cheap Joe�s Art Stuff ($500)	$1,000	Jared Brady	Peaches and Cream
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by RayMar Art	$1,000	Richard S. Johnson	The Garden Swing
Realism Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by FASO	$1,000	Michael Aitken	Summer Clouds
Members� Choice Associate Member Award of Excellence Holbein Artist Oil Color Set of 20 ($260) and Merchandise certificate funded by MasterPak ($250)	$510	Marc Anderson	Early Bird Special
Animal Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by FASO	$1,000	Linda Besse OPA	Ice Bear
Portraiture Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by Ship & Insure ($500) and Merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials ($500)	$1,000	Kyle Stuckey OPA	Seaside
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	Hiu Lai Chong OPA	Stationed in Time
Best Associate Award of Excellence Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account	$1,250	Terry Widener	In the Cold Rain
Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence Cash donation funded by friends of Ted Goerschner OPAM	$1,000	Carol Jenkins OPA	Winter Afternoon
Landscape Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates funded by Airfloat Systems ($250) and Ampersand Art Supply ($250)	$500	Hillary Scott	Morning Mystique
Figurative Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates funded by Rosemary & Co. Artist Brushes ($250) and ArtFrames ($250)	$500	Seth Tummins	Independence Day
Realism Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Dixon Ticonderoga Company (Maimeri Puro)	$500	Joseph V. Iantorno OPA	Woven and Maize
Still Life Honorable Mention Merchandise certificates funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors ($250) and Liliedahl Video Productions ($250)	$500	Daniel J. Keys	October Harvest
Seascape Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by JFM Enterprises	$500	Patrick Okrasinski	Summer Coast
Impressionist Honorable Mention Merchandise certificate funded by Golden Artist Colors, Inc.	$500	Patrick Saunders OPA	Bars & Bikes, Amsterdam
Portraiture Honorable Mention A selection of Rembrandt Oils and/or Cobra Artist Oils donated by Royal Talens North America	$500	Britton R. Snyder	Tomorrows