2011 National

Associate Signature

	VALUE	WINNER	PAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award Funded by Oil Painters of America (Elegibility only once every 3 years for the same artist)	$25,000	Dan Beck OPA	A Warm Breeze
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector Magazine Two page feature article on award winner	$6,200	Elizabeth S Pollie	Empty Nest
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine One full page advertisement	$3,520	Marc R Hanson OPA	Right Or Left?
John Marion Pardy Landscape Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by the family of John Marion Pardy	$1,000	Tim Deibler OPA	Storm Over Arrowhead Lake
John August Dietrich Memorial Figurative Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by RayMar Art	$1,000	Glenn F Harrington	The Breakfast Table
Most Original Award of Excellence One-year on-line subscription to Masterpiece Art Gallery Software	$1,200	Dianne L Massey Dunbar OPA	Jar Collection
Animals Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by Fine Art Studio On-Line	$1,000	Richard Boyer OPA	The Horse Whisperer
President's Award of Excellence Funded by Zhiwei Tu OPAM and Betty Schmidt	$1,000	William A Schneider OPA	Lost in Thought
Portraiture Award of Excellence $500 cash donation by OPA, $500 Scottsdale Artists’ School Workshop Scholarship, Natural Pigments Gift Certificate ($250)	$1,250	James M Crandall	Tatting Lesson
Impressionist Award of Excellence A selection of instructional art videos by some of today’s top artists funded by Liliedahl Video Productions	$500	Teri G Gortmaker	Stuck
Seascape Award of Excellence $1,000 cash donation funded by Yan Sun OPA	$1,000	Zee Huang	Fishing Boats
Donor's Award of Excellence Funded by Friends of OPA	$1,000	Carolyn J Lindsey	Fall Leaves
Realism Award of Excellence $500 in Richeson oil products funded by Jack Richeson & Company	$500	Li-Hsien Price	Hairdresser by Day
Portraiture Award of Excellence $500 cash donation by OPA, $500 Scottsdale Artists’ School Workshop Scholarship, Natural Pigments Gift Certificate ($250)	$1,250	James M Crandall	Tatting Lesson
Member's Choice Award / Associate & Signature Division $500 merchandise certificate and $200 cash from Classic Gallery Frames, Premium handmade oil brushes by Rosemary & Co. Brushes of England ($250), $50 merchandise certificate from Dakota Art Pastels	$1,000	Jennifer A McChristian	Where R U?
Still Life Honorable Mention $500 in premium panels donated by Source Tek Art Supply, M. Graham & Company 18 color oil color set ($250)	$750	Qiang Huang OPA	Memory of the Old Days
Animals Honorable Mention $250 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co, 24” x 30” 23k Water Gilded Gold Leaf Frame funded by Barbara Carter Fine Guilded Frames ($365)	$615	Bonnie Conrad OPA	Horsepower
Portraiture Honorable Mention $250 merchandise certificate funded by Gamblin Artists Colors Co, Ampersand Gessobord Gift Set ($280)	$530	Qiuzhen Wei OPA	Intimacy
Landscape Honorable Mention $500 gift certificate from Blick Art Supply	$500	Keith L Bond	Generations
Seascape Honorable Mention $500 gift certicate from Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors, Assortment of find art books funded by Dick Bell Book Maven ($500)	$1,000	John Burton OPA	The Forgotten Coast
Figurative Honorable Mention $500 gift certificate from Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors	$500	Robert Spooner	Hammer and Iron

Master Signature

	VALUE	WINNER	PAINTING TITLE
Gold Medal Award Funded by OPA ($3,600) and Friends of OPA ($1,400) (Eligibility only once every three years for the same artist)	$5,000	C.W. Mundy OPAM	Brass With Oranges
Silver Medal Award Funded by American Art Collector (Two-page feature article on awardee)	$6,200	Sherrie McGraw OPAM	The Critic
Bronze Medal Award Funded by Southwest Art Magazine - One full page advertisement ($3,125) and one dedicated e-mail broadcast ($550)	$3,675	Charles Movalli OPAM	Gloucester
Member's Choice Award Master Signature Division Funded by Art of the West Magazine - Half page advertisement ($1780), 24"x30" 23k Water Guilded Gold Leaf Frame funded by Barbara Carter Fine Guilded Frames ($365), 450 page full color book on Ilya Repin donated by Dick Bell Book Maven ($290)	$3,075	Nancy S. Crookston OPAM	Walking Alone
Shirl Smithson Founders Award for Master Signature Members Funded by the Shirl Smithson Family	$500	David Hettinger OPAM	Summer Breeze