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2022 National Exhibition, Convention & Wet Paint Competition

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Oil Painters of America’s 2022 Annual Exhibition, Convention & Wet Paint Competition

 

Oil Painters of America’s is pleased to return to the Steamboat Art Museum “SAM” in Steamboat Springs, Colorado for the Thirty-first National Exhibition and Convention. The Exhibition will take place from June 3 through August 27, 2022

Convention activities begin on Tuesday, May 31 with the very popular Wet Paint Competition, and end on Sunday, June 5. The opening reception for artists, collectors, the public and the press will be held on Friday, June 3, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with the awards presentation taking place at 8:30 p.m.

Our goal is to assemble the finest display of representational oil paintings. The focus in the jurying process will be to select paintings that show the highest quality in draftsmanship, color, and composition, emphasizing a diversity in representational style and subject matter.

The total national awards will be approximately $100,000 in cash and merchandise, including a $25,000 Best In Show.

The awarding juror will be Master Signature member Johanna Harmon.

Artists eligible to compete are citizens – both natural born or otherwise – of the United States, Canada, or Mexico who are 2022 OPA members. Nonresident aliens who currently live in the United States, Canada, or Mexico are eligible to participate provided that they have been physically present at the address provided to OPA for eight of the last twelve months and that the residency is considered to be their permanent domicile and that they are 2022 OPA members. Nonresident aliens whose North American residency is in question will be asked to provide proof of residency including, but not limited to, employment history, references, and utility bills in the individual’s name.

The decision of the Board is final.

OPA’s 29th National Juried Exhibition

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29th Annual National Juried
Exhibition of Traditional Oils

Oil Painters of America’s was pleased to announce that the Twenty-Ninth National Exhibition and Convention was hosted by RS Hanna Gallery, located in Fredericksburg, Texas, from August 17 – September 19, 2020. A virtual awards ceremony was held on Thursday, September 10, at 6:30 p.m. Central Time.

Now virtual, OPA’s Wet Paint Competition and Convention began with the Wet Paint Competition on Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12, 2020. All OPA members registered for the convention were eligible to participate. A minimum of $20,000 in cash and merchandise awards was awarded in both studio and plein divisions. OPA Wet Paint Competition Juror of Awards was John Pototschnik OPA.

Voting was open for the Members’ Choice Awards! If you were a current OPA member you could vote for your favorite painting by an Associate, Signature and Master Signature artist. Members could only vote once and must submit votes for each division at the same time. If multiple votes were being cast by a member the exhibiting artist will be disqualified from receiving one of these awards.