Opie Otterstad is a
painter
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who specializes in paintings of sports figures and events. He graduated from
St. Olaf College
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with a bachelor's degree in Studio Art and one in
Psychology. He is the official artist of the
Texas Baseball Hall of Fame
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.
In 2006, he was commissioned by
The University of Texas at Austin to create a painting commemorating the
2005 Texas Longhorns football team
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who won the
NCAA Division I-A national football championship. The painting titled ''
The University of Texas National Championship 2005'' was unveiled on May 6, 2006.
References
External links
The Art Studio of Opie Otterstad
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American painters
Artists from Texas
St. Olaf College alumni
American male painters
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