Updated February 26, 2013

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"View from Mike's Farm"
24" x 12", Acrylic on Panel
by OPAS member, Chuck Woelfel

Check this out!
Link to an article that OPAS Charter Member, Jack Liberman helped write for
Outdoor Painter Plein Air Magazine Blog!
http://www.outdoorpainter.com/tips/pre-mixed-prismatic-palette-667.html

Here's a link to the ArtZine video of the
OPAS 2011 Exhibition at the OAC Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH.
http://beta.wosu.org/artzine/natural-light-paintings-by-the-ohio-plein-air-society/


 Please visit our friends in art:

OAC Logo

2011 Sponsors of the OPAS Plein Air Competition

Ambersand Art Supply • Hackman Frames

   

  


 

AirFloat Systems (sturdy shipping boxes for your art) - www.airfloatsys.com
Art Panels - http://www.art-boards.com/
Artwork Essentials EASyLs - www.ArtworkEssentials.com - 949.856.2196
Canvas 4U - http://www.canvas-4u.com
French Canvas - www.frenchcanvas.com - 609.924.0440
Judsons Plein Air Outfitters - www.pochade.com - 866.POCHADE
Open Box M - http://www.openboxm.com/
RayMar - www.raymarart.com - 888-809-3314
Signature Canvas - www.SignatureCanvas.com - 1-800-420-3434

Sourcetek – www.canvaspanels.com – 800.587.5462

Studio Products - www.studioproducts.com/
Wind River Arts - http://www.windriverarts.com/


 Color Programs
www.colorschemer.com
http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
 Navigating Color Space with Robert Gamblin www.gamblincolors.com

Affliates
http://www.artintheopenphila.org
http://www.parkofroses.org

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  • ArtFrames.com - Quality frames at discount prices. Serving the creative community online since 1998.
    1.888.432.7510
     
  • Hackman Frames – they are right here in Columbus. Craig Hackman’s frames are expensive, but if you can afford them, they are worth the money. There is a quantity discount, and he does sell ready made ones in a couple of different types, in standard sizes at lower prices. You must have an appointment to go in.
    website : www.hackmanframes.com
     
  • Classic Gallery Framing - www.classicgalleryframing.com 1-800-892-8855.
  • Early California Plein Air Frames, San Diego - They have nice frames, but a bit shiny, still they have some lovely metal leaf frames at good prices. Easy to work with and reliable. A good source for frames in 6 x 8” and 10 x 12”.
    website : http://www.pleinairframes.com
     
  • Florida Frames, Inc. - http://www.floridaframes.com/index.cfm
     
  • Frame Warehouse, 7502 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg, OH - A great source for ready made, standard size frames. Ask to see the line of Plein Air Frames that OPAS members are using. But there are a lot more frames available to look through. Custom framing also available. Greg can also make Giclιe reproductions!
    Greg Moulin, owner. He is very nice, you will like him! Tell him Debra from OPAS sent you!
    Phone : 614-861-4582 • FAX : 614.861.6133 • Email : GREG@iDECORA.COM • Website : to come
     
  • JFM Frames, Georgia - You must have a vendor’s license to order. Lots of styles.
    website : http://www.jfmenterprises.net/
     
  • Mountains Edge Frames - out of New Mexico http://www.mountainsedgeframes.com/
     
  • Prelude Framing - out of Calgary www.galleryframesdirect.com
     

  • Summit Frames - A good source for frames in 6 x 8” and 10 x 12”.
    website : www.goldframes.com
     

  • Web Picture Frames - out of Eugene, Oregon www.webpictureframes.com - 800.410.5429
     

  • Wholesale Frame Co. - www.wholesaleframeco.com - 877-753-8501


     

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Akron Society of Artists -  http://www.akronsocietyofartists.com

California Art Club - http://www.californiaartclub.org/

Cincinnati Art Club - http://www.cincinnatiartclub.com/

Indiana Plein Air Painters Association (I-PAPA) - http://www.inpainters.org/

International Plein Air Painters - http://i-p-a-p.com/

Great Lakes Plein Air Painters Association - www.glpapa.com/
Headquartered in Lansing, MI, address: PO Box 4344, East Lansing, MI 48826.
Contact: Sharon Griffes Tarr - SGTarr@aol.com
GL-PAPA will be the link between the eight Great Lakes states, i.e., MI, NY, PA, OH, IN, IL, MN, WI.

Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters - http://www.mapapa.org/

National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters -  http://nappap.org/

National Watercolor Society - http://www.nws-online.org/bottom.html

New York Plein Air Painters - http://www.nypap.com/

Ohio Watercolor Society - http://www.ohiowatercolorsociety.com/

Oil Painters of America - http://www.oilpaintersofamerica.com/

Pastel Society of America - http://www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org/

Peninsula Art Academy - http://www.peninsulaartacademy.com/page.aspx?ID=78

Plein Air Florida - http://www.pleinairflorida.org/

The Plein Air Painters of Kentucky: www.janemorgangallery.com

Plein Air New Mexico - www.PleinAirNewMexico.com

Plein Air Painters of America - http://www.p-a-p-a.com/

Plein Air Painters of Idaho - http://www.pleinairpaintersofidaho.org

Portrait Society of America - http://www.portraitsociety.com/

Tucson Plein Air Painter’s Society - http://www.tpaps.com/

Worthington Area Art League

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Akron Art Museum - http://www.akronartmuseum.org

Butler Institute of American Art - http://www.butlerart.com/

Cincinnati Art Museum - http://www.cincinnatimuseum.com/

Cleveland Museum of Art - http://www.clemusart.com/

Columbus Museum of Art - http://www.columbusmuseum.org/

Dayton Art Institute -

National Gallery of Art - http://www.nga.gov/

Ohio Historical Center - http://www.ohiohistory.org/

Richmond Art Museum, Indiana - www.richmondartmuseum.org

Schumacher Gallery of Art - www.schumachergallery.org

Springfield Museum of Art - http://www.springfieldart.museum/

Toledo Museum of Art - http://www.toledomuseum.org/

Zanesville Art Museum - www.zanesvilleartcenter.org
 

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Art Access, 540 S. Drexel Ave., Bexley, OH 43209, 614.338.8325 - www.artaccessgallery.com
      
The Bryan Roberts Gallery, Bexley, Columbus - www.robertsgallery.com

Cultural Arts Center, 139 West Main Street, Columbus, 614.645.7047 - www.CulturalArtsCenterOnline.org

Dziak Gallery, 810 W. Main St, Marblehead, OH 43440, 419.798.4994 or 419.494.4445 - www.dziakgallery.com

Cultural Arts Center, 139 West Main Street, Columbus, 614.645.7047 - www.CulturalArtsCenterOnline.org

Evendale Cultural Art Center, 10500 Reading Road, Evendale, OH 45241, 513.563.1350

Hammond Harkins Galleries, 2260 E Main St, Columbus, OH 43209, 614.238-3000 - www.hammondharkins.com

Keny Galleries, German Village, Columbus - http://kenygalleries.com

The Lawrence Churski Gallery, 3850 Granger Rd., Bath, OH 44333, 330.666-6838
       www.churskigallery.com

Michael Orr Gallery, 1331 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212 614.481.0250
       www.michaelorrgallery.com

Miller Gallery, 2715 Erie Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45208, 513.871.4420 - www.millergallery.com

Monarch Gallery, Lancaster - www.monarchgallery.org

Sharon Weiss Gallery, 20 East Lincoln St., Columbus, OH 43215 • 614.291.5683 • 614.451.8165
      www.sharonweissgallery.com

Studio 4 Art Gallery, 3 W. Columbus St., Nelsonville, OH 45764 • 740.592.1102
      gaylaparks@kastenbalg.org

Summit Art Space - 140 East Market St., Akron, OH 44308 • 330.376.8480
     http://www.summitartspace.org

Terra Gallery, 8 E. Poplar Ave., Columbus, OH 43215 • 614.228.4188 - www.terra-gallery.com

Turner Studio & Gallery, 3017 Indianola Avenue, Columbus, OH 43202 • 614.563.1834
      www.bridgetteturnerfineart.com


 

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www.artistsregistry.com - Registry of Living American Artists, and the Galleries where they display their work. Come in and register! It is a Free Service for Artists!
http://www.painterskeys.com - Twice weekly newsletter and opportunity for webpage.

 

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Alla Prima, Richard Schmid

The Artist’s Handbook, Ralph Mayer

The Art Spirit, Robert Henri

Brushwork For The Oil Painter, Emile Gruppe

Carlson’s Guide To Landscape Painting, John Carlson

Composition, Arthur Wesley Dow

Composition of Outdoor Painting, Edgar Payne

Gruppe On Painting, Emile Gruppe.

Hawthorne on Painting, Charles Hawthorne

Land & Light Workshop,
Painting Mood & Atmosphere in Oils, North Light Books, author OPAS member Carolyn E. Lewis


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