July 11 – July 12, 2025

Western Regional Exhibition and Sale 2025

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OPA Regional Show advertismentWe are thrilled to host the Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition and Sale for 2025. You will see the best 116 pieces of art – selected from 100’s of beautiful entries – painted by OPA Artists west of the Mississippi!!! We have loved hosting this very successful show before, and expect the same this year! We can’t wait for you, our friends and collectors, to see it!

Please join us in person or online!
Show and Sale Dates: July 11-12.
Hangs through August 22, 2025.

Friday, July 11th
5:30 – 9:00 pm
Opening Reception and Sale. Come interact with renowned artists and enjoy delicious refreshments.

7:30 pm
Awards Presentation

Saturday, July 12th
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Philipsburg Theatre
Painting demonstration by D. Edward Kucera, OPAM

11:00  am – 5:00 pm
Location: Illume Gallery West
Show and Sale.

1:30 – 4:00 pm
Location: Philipsburg Theatre
Painting demonstration by Suzie Baker, OPA

4:30 – 5:00 pm
Location: Philipsburg Theatre
“The Jurors Perspective”  A private collectors’ conversation with D. Edward Kucera, OPAM the Juror of the show.

Master Artists

The Light of Hope

Jan Peng Wang OPAM
14 x 11 Oil on Board
Master Signature Division – Silver Medal

$1,600.00

Ouray

Craig Tennant OPAM
20 x 30 Oil on linen on wood

$15,000.00

Laguna Light

Michael Situ OPAM
12×16 -Oil on canvas panel

$2,000.00

Fall Colors

Kevin Macpherson OPAM
10.5 x 13.5 Oil

$8,500.00

Dawn

Huihan Liu
12×12 Oil

$4,600.00

Young Gun

D. Edward Kucera OPAM
24×18 Oil

$8,500.00

Knee Deep

Bill Farnsworth OPAM
14 x 18 Oil

$2,800.00

Rings of Salvaterria

Jeremy Goodding OPAM
38×30, Oil on Linen Panel
Master Signature Division – Bronze Medal
$15,350.00

Signature Artists

Echo No. 2

Rainny Zhao
20 x 16 Oil on panel
Associate & Signature Division – Gold Medal

$4,000.00

Satin and Fur

Robin Williamson OPA
20 x 16 Oil on linen
Associate & Signature Division – Bronze Medal

$3,500.00

Tiny Dancer

Sandie Whitman
36 x 18 Oil on panel

$4,500.00

Whisper

Qiuzhen Wei OPA
12 x 16 Oil on canvas panel
Associate & Signature Division:
Award of Excellence

$3,300.00

Ram

Yun Wei OPA
24 x 24 Oil on panel
Associate & Signature Division:
Award of Excellence

$7,500.00

Twenty Below

Benjamin Walter
24 x 30 Oil on Gator foam mounted canvas

$4,500.00

Abiquiu Desert

Susan Temple Neumann
18 x 24 Oil on linen panel

$3,500.00

The Signal

Sherry Blanchard Stuart OPA
30 x 40 Oil on linen

$5,200.00

Flaming June

Tanner Steed
36 x 24 Oil on linen hardboard

$7,000.00

Brotherhood

Naomi Shachar OPA
21 x 30 Oil on linen

$6,200.00

Shimmering (Ventura River)

Dan Schultz OPA
18 x 14 Oil on Linen Panel
Associate & Signature Division:
Seascape Award of Excellence

$4,300.00

YeeHaw

Stuart Roper
12 x 18 Oil on panel

$3,000.00

Starts

David Riedel
19 x 26 Oil on canvas
Associate & Signature Division:
Portraiture Award of Excellence

$6,800.00

Journey Home

John Phillips
16 x 20 Oil on linen panel

$2,800.00

Jack O’ Diamonds

John Moffitt OPA
18 x 14 Oil on linen canvas
Associate & Signature Division:
Realism Award of Excellence

$8,500.00

Idle Hours

Terry Miura
22 x 28 Oil on linen

$4,800.00

Let It Snow

Cristen Miller OPA
16 s 20 Oil on canvas

$4,500.00

Golden Delicious

Jim McVicker OPA
30 x 40 Oil on stretched linen canvas

$10,000.00

Good Times

Cortney Lunt
24 x 24 Oil on canvas

$3,450.00

Destiny

Carolyn Lindsey OPA
14 x 18 Oil on linen
SOLD

$1,500.00

The Bagpipes

Clement Kwan
24 x 18 Oil on linen canvas

$4,500.00

Autumn Sunset

Sheryl Knight
12 x 16 Oil on linen panel
SOLD

$1,600.00

The Glint of Gold

Laurie Kersey OPA
18 x 24 Oil on linen
Associate & Signature Division:
Award of Excellence

$4,600.00

Hood Light

Jeanette Jones
20 x 16 Oil on canvas
Associate & Signature Division:
Award of Excellence

$1,250.00

Past Time

William Houston
18 x 24 Oil on linen panel

$2,800.00

The Fray

Eliza Hoffman
16 x 20 Oil on panel
SOLD

$2,100.00

City Limits

Linda Glover Gooch OPA
16 x 12 Oil on linen panel

$4,200.00

Going Places

Meadow Gist OPA
24 x 12 Oil on canvas board
SOLD

$2,800.00

Shady Characters

Dennis Farris OPA
24 x 24 Oil on linen
Associate & Signature Division:
Animal Award of Excellence

$5,200.00

Puppy Love

Joye DeGoede
16 x 20 Oil on aluminum

$7,900.00

Snow Ayani

Shelley Cost
24 x 20 Oil on canvas
SOLD

$5,500.00

Eternity in an Hour

Robin Cole
24 x 16 Oil on mounted linen
Associate & Signature Division:
Portraiture Award of Excellence

$7,300.00

Bucaro and Mandarines

Juan Cantavella
20 x 30 Oil on linen
Associate & Signature Division:
President’s Award of Excellence
SOLD

$7,600.00

Snow Came Early

Ginny Butcher
16 x 20 Oil on canvas
Associate & Signature Division:
Award of Excellence

$1,600.00

The Difference is Spreading

Catherine Frances Bobkoski
16 x 16 Oil on hardboard
Associate & Signature Division – Silver Medal

$1,950.00

Sun-kissed

Suzie Baker OPA
12 x 16 Oil on linen
SOLD

$2,100.00

Solace

Shanna Kunz OPA
18 x 24 Oil on linen panel
Associate & Signature Division:
Impressionist Award of Excellence

$4,800.00

Warmth of the Morning

Brent Cotton
30 x 40 Oil on board
Associate & Signature Division:
Landscape Award of Excellence

$18,000.00

Visit

130 East Broadway Street
Philipsburg, Montana 59858

Phone

(435) 313-5008

Email

jane@illumegallerywest.com

 

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