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Legacy Awards

Past Award Winners

2021 Salon

Associate Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award
Artist Focus Feature in American Art Collector Magazine ($3,400) and $1,000 cash funded by OPA
$4,400
Kathryn Stats
Shadows on MacDonald Creek
Silver Medal Award
One full-page advertisement funded by Southwest Art Magazine ($3,380) and $750 cash funded by OPA
$4,130
David B Riedel
Seashells
Bronze Medal Award
Artwork Archive Lifetime Master Account ($1,250) and $500 cash funded by OPA
$1,750
Cheng Lian OPA
Ceremonial Outfit
Award of Excellence
Holbein Vernet Superior Oil Color Sets of 5
$100
Blair Atherholt
Vanitas
Realism Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Royal Talens ($500) and $500 cash funded by OPA
$1,000
Johanne Mangi
Next Generation
Cityscape Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors ($250) and $250 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$500
Lori Putnam OPA
Pause Apre-Midi
Seascape Award of Excellence
$500 cash award funded by Oil Painters of America
$500
Patricia Clayton
Glowing Wave
Portraiture Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colours ($250) and $250 cash funded
$500
Suzie G Baker OPA
Making Shade
Still Life Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Michael Harding Handmade Oil Colours ($250) and $250 cash funded
$500
Kun Wang
Tangerines
Award of Excellence
$200 cash award funded by Oil Painters of America
$200
Gerard Erley
Night Journey
Award of Excellence
$100 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$100
Stan Rogers
Long Miles
Award of Excellence
$100 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$100
Barbara M Coleman OPA
The Pinnacles
Impressionist Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Savoir-Faire ($500) and $500 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$1,000
Michele Byrne
Sunlit Streets of Rome
Figurative Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors ($250) and $250 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$500
Diane N Eugster
Sound of Silence
Landscape Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Liliedahl Video Productions ($250) and $250 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$500
Bill Farnsworth OPA
Sand in Your Toes
Animal Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Rosemary & Co. Artists Brushes ($250) and $250 cash funded by OPA
$500
Booth Malone OPA
When Turkeys Ruled the Earth
Award of Excellence
$200 cash award funded by Oil Painters of America
$200
Kyle Stuckey OPA
Portrait of a Woman II
Award of Excellence
Merchandise Certificate funded by Jack Richeson & Company
$200
Neal J Hughes OPA
Lobster Pound
Award of Excellence
$100 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$100
Jared Brady
Sunlit Daffodils

Master Signature

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award
One half-page advertisement funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine ($2,150) and $1,000 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$3,150
Kathy Anderson OPAM
Quince and Orioles
Silver Medal Award
$500 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$500
John Michael Carter OPAM
Rome
Bronze Medal Award
$250 cash funded by Oil Painters of America
$250
Albert Handell OPAM
Moving Along

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

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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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