2013 Awardees
22nd National Juried Exhibition Master Signature Division: Insight Gallery
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Gold Medal Award Funded by OPA and Friends of OPA. (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist) |
$5,000 | Shizhong Yan OPAM | Uyghur Woman $18,000 30” x 40” |
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Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector: two-page feature article on award winner |
$6,200 | CW Mundy OPAM | The Train Station $28,000 36" x 24" |
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Bronze Medal Award Funded by Southwest Art Magazine: one full page advertisement |
$3,125 | Albert Handell OPAM | L’Arbre $20,500 30” x 40” |
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Most Original Award of Excellence Funded by Art of the West Magazine - one half-page advertisement valued at $1,780 & $500 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co. |
$2,280 | Jeffrey R Watts OPAM | Two Ladies of the Ukraine $8,500 24” x 20” |
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Donors’ Award of Excellence $500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & $500 merchandise certificate funded by Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors |
$1,000 | Jeff Legg OPAM | Illumination $28,000 36” x 24” |
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Shirl Smithson Founders’ Award for Master Signature Members Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family |
$500 | Joan Potter OPAM | Bittersweet and Pears $9,500 20” x 24” |
National Juried Exhibition Associate Signature Division: Insight Gallery
| AWARDS AND DONORS | VALUE | WINNER | PAINTING TITLE | |
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Gold Medal Award Funded by Oil Painters of America (Eligibility only once every 3 years for the same artist) |
$25,000 | Johanna Harmon OPA | Jonathan $5,100 24" x 16" |
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Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector: Two-page feature article on award winner valued at $6,200 |
$6,200 | Mary Qian | Misha $2,650 20" x 14" |
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Bronze Medal Award Funded by Plein Air Magazine One full-page advertisement valued at $3,800 |
$3,800 | Stan Rogers | Carrer del Sant Sever, Barcelona $2,200 32" x 12" |
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Best Signature Award of Excellence Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine One full-page advertisement valued at $3,800 |
$3,800 | Jacqueline D. Kamin OPA | Pink Roses with Silver $4,800 16" x 20" |
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Best Associate Award of Excellence Funded by Jack Richeson & Company $2,000 merchandise certificate |
$2,000 | Jason A. Saunders | Mid Winter Sycamores $1,200 11 x 14" |
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Most Original Award of Excellence Funded by Martin F. Weber Company $2,000 merchandise certificate |
$2,000 | Lori Putnam | Crimson and Clover $5,400 26" x 46" |
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Realism Award of Excellence $500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & $500 Scottsdale Artists' School Workshop Scholarship |
$1,000 | Brenda Howell | South Rim Majestic $12,000 30" x 40" |
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Realism Honorable Mention $500 merchandise certificate funded by Blue Ridge Oil Colors & $250 merchandise certificate by General Pencil |
$750 | Chad M. Aldrin | Neah Bay $3,500 22" x 50" |
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Ted Goerschner OPAM Memorial Impressionist Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by friends of Ted Goerschner OPAM |
$1,000 | John F. Budicin OPA | Evening Eucalyptus $5,800 16" x 20" |
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Impressionist Honorable Mention $500 artist's oil set funded by M. Graham & Company & $250 merchandise certificate funded by General Pencil |
$750 | Kathy Anderson OPA | Spring Rainbow $9,500 26" x 36" |
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Animal Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online |
$1,000 | Mitch T. Baird OPA | Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose $6,400 24" x 30" |
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Animal Honorable Mention $500 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co. & $250 merchandise certificate funded by Ampersand Art Supply |
$750 | Edward Aldrich | Challenger $10,000 24" x 40" |
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John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by RayMar Art |
$1,000 | Charles Young Walls | Majesty Rising $12,000 36" x 30" |
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Figurative Honorable Mention $500 merchandise certificate funded by Natural Pigments & $250 in premium artists panels funded by Source Tek |
$750 | J. Ken Spencer OPA | Reading in The Orchard $2,500 12" x 24" |
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John Marion Pardy Landscape Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by the family of John Marion Pardy |
$1,000 | Darcie G. Peet OPA | Cliff Shadows-Monument Valley $3,800 24" x 20" |
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Landscape Honorable Mention $500 merchandise certificate funded by Rosemary & Company Brushes, England & $250 merchandise certificate funded by Savoir-Faire |
$750 | Trish G. Beckham | Rainy Day Stroll $1,000 8" x 10" |
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Johnnie Liliedahl Memorial Portraiture Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation by Ralph Liliedahl and Liliedahl Video Productions |
$1,000 | Adam Clague | More Whipped Cream $2,850 24" x 14" |
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Portraiture Honorable Mention $500 merchandise certificate funded by Classic Gallery Framing, Inc. & $250 merchandise certificate funded by Savior-Faire |
$750 | Lori Beringer | Quiet Strength $1,400 14" x 18" |
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Seascape Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online |
$1,000 | Xiao S. Jiang | Reflection of Summer $15,000 18" x 24" |
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Seascape Honorable Mention $500 merchandise certificate funded by Blick Art Materials & 12 pc. Vernet Oil Color Set funded by HK Holbein (valued at $290) |
$790 | Derek W. Penix | Lingering Reflections $3,900 30" x 30" |
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Still Life Award of Excellence $500 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio Online & $500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA |
$1,000 | Qiang Huang OPA | Awakening $4,900 24" x 18" |
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Still Life Honorable Mention $500 gift certificate funded by Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors & Water gilded gold leaf frame funded by Barbara Carter Fine Gilded Frames (valued at $435) |
$935 | Patricia Rohrbacher | Foxgloves and Iris $2,100 16" x 18" |
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Donors’ Award of Excellence $500 cash donation funded by Friends of OPA & $500 Fredericksburg Artists' School Workshop Scholarship |
$1,000 | John Austin Hanna | Summer Cool $2,450 12" x 16" |
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Presidents’ Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by Past Presidents Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt |
$1,000 | Nikolo Balkanski | Unexpected Snow $1,800 12" x 16" |
22nd National Exhibition Dorothy Driehaus Mellin Fellowship for Midwestern Artists
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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, Ohio and Wisconsin |
$20,000 | Tom L. Nachreiner | Stretching $3,200 30" x 40" |