OPA - Oil Painters of America

Dedicated to the preservation of representational art

Presidential History

Susan Abma
2022 – Present
Shirl Smithson – Founder
1991 – 1998
Suzie Baker OPA
2020 – 2022
Kurt Anderson OPA
2018 – 2020
John Michael Carter OPAM
2016 – 2018
Ken Cadwallader OPA
2014 – 2016
Neil Patterson OPAM
2008 – 2014
William T. Chambers OPAM
2006 – 2008
Zhiwei Tu OPAM
2004 – 2006
Betty Schmidt
2002 – 2004
Ruth D. Challacombe OPA
1998 – 2002