If you watched the 2020 National Awards Ceremony on Thursday evening, September 10, or took part in the International Wet Paint Competition you know that our Convention is now under way. If you participated in the Wet Paint event you are ... Read More...
Checking in with OPA Board Members during Covid-19
April 27, 2020 by Leave a Comment
We thought it would be interesting to ask some of our Board Members what they have been up to since being quarantined. Here's what they have to say: Bill Suys OPA I came home from teaching at the Scottsdale Artists School on Feb. ... Read More...
An Interview With Master Ned Mueller
May 1, 2017 by 2 Comments
Ned is a designated "Master with both the Oil Painters of America and The American Impressionist Society," and is this year's Distinguished Artist at Oil Painters of America National Exhibition in Cincinnati, Ohio, this coming May. "Ned ... Read More...
OPA’s 2016 National Juried Exhibition
June 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Meet the Gold Medal Winners from the 25th National Juried Exhibition Derek Penix is OPA's 2016 Salon Show Gold Award Winner for Associate/Signature Division. Derek Penix was born on December 29, 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Penix grew up ... Read More...
OPA 2015 Western Exhibition Winner Spotlight
November 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Johne P. Richardson Johne P. Richardson was awarded the Gold Medal, a $4,000 cash award funded by OPA, for “Pushing Strays.” Johne is a native of Kansas, with a love of the prairie, and other wide-open spaces. He has painted for more than ... Read More...
Summer 2015 Online Showcase Award Winners
November 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Marci Oleszkiewicz Marci Oleszkiewicz was awarded the Gold Medal, a $3,000 cash award fundedDorothy Driehaus Mellin and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, for “Finding Her Name.” Marci Oleszkiewicz, grew up in the city of Chicago in a ... Read More...
Virtuosos of the OPA Exhibition at New York’s Salmagundi Club
November 9, 2015 by 1 Comment
David A Leffel OPAM Bio David A Leffel OPAM was awarded the Gold Medal, a $3,800 cash award funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, for “The Great Guardian.” David A Leffel is a modern master recognized by his peers as a painters’ ... Read More...
2015 Spring Online Showcase Winners Spotlight
July 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We're proud to highlight the winners of the OPA Spring 2015 Online Showcase. Enjoy some brief biographies below, detailing their painting history and journey to becoming award winning artists. Deborah Tilby First Place Award for the ... Read More...
City By The Sea Plein Air Paintout at the 24th National Exhibition
June 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Congratulations 2015 City By The Sea Plein Air Paint Out Award Winners! Thanks to our City By The Sea Plein Air Paint Out judge, OPA Signature member Mark Hanson OPA. Click here to see upcoming shows! First Place John ... Read More...
2014 Summer Online Showcase Winners Spotlight
October 21, 2014 by 1 Comment
We're proud to highlight the winners of the OPA Summer 2014 Online Showcase. Enjoy some brief biographies below, detailing their painting history and journey to becoming award winning artists. Anna Rose Bain First Place Award for the ... Read More...
