115 Artists Move To Final Round of Judging In 2014 Hunting Art Prize

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Mar 05, 2014, 05:05 ET

HOUSTON, March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hunting PLC announced today that 115 artists have been selected to move on to the final round of judging in the 2014 Hunting Art Prize.

These artists will now enter the second phase of a two-tiered jury process for the $50,000 prize, historically the most generous annual award in North America for painting and drawing.

The panel of jurors that narrowed the submissions to the final 115 participants will reconvene in April to determine the winner, and the 2014 recipient will be announced at the Hunting Art Prize gala on May 3.

The artists, who come from more than 40 cities and towns throughout the state of Texas, are:

Fariba Abedin, Houston
John Adelman, Houston
Michael Bane, Fort Worth
Vera Barnett, Grandview
Awadh Baryoum, Dallas
Sylvia Benitez, Seguin
Jason Bennett, Tyler
Carol Benson, Fort Worth
Linda Blackburn, Fort Worth
Dennis Blagg, Fort Worth
Darnell Bolton, Arlington
Martin Bouska, Richmond
Natasha Bowdoin, Houston
Valerie Burkes, Houston
Shawn Camp, Austin
Todd Camplin, Jefferson
Jose Cardenas, San Antonio
Elizabeth Chapin, Austin
Stephanie Clark, Spring
Joseph Cohen, Houston
Catherine Colangelo, Houston
Nika Cranmer, Houston
Keith Davis, Austin
Hannah Dean, Slaton
Andrew DeCaen, Denton
Lindsey Dunnagan, Grapevine
Joey Fauerso, San Antonio
Orna Feinstein, Bellaire
Vincent Fink, Katy
Christopher Fitzgerald, Pflugerville
Tommy Fitzpatrick, Austin
Todd Ford, Krum
Valerie Fowler, Austin
Janice Freeman, Houston
Adam Fung, Fort Worth
Sarah Garcia, San Antonio
Melissa Garner, Dallas
Larry Gentry, Midlothian
Raul Gonzalez, San Antonio
Sarah Graham, Grand Prairie
Helen Green, Austin
Sharon Grimes, Longview
Michael Guidry, Houston
Starla Halfmann, Austin
Roberta Harris, Houston
Sherry Tseng Hill, Houston
Nancy Hines, Montgomery
Erin Hinz, Dallas
Ann Huey, Lancaster
Thomas Jennings, Houston
Anna Elise Johnson, Houston
Bethany Johnson, Austin
James W. Johnson, Lubbock
Rance Jones, Richardson
Angela Kallus, Fort Worth
Patrick Kelly, Albany
Hogan Kimbrell, Houston
Jason Kinney, Fort Worth
Padaric Kolander, Austin
Travis LaMothe, Coppell
Joan Laughlin, Houston
Jayne Lawrence, San Antonio
Antonio Lechuga, Jr., Dallas
Patrick Lewis, Dallas
Jane Liang, San Antonio
David Lindsay, Lubbock
Brian Moss, Houston
Linda Martin, Cedar Hill
Arturo Martinez, Laredo
Winston Lee Mascarenhas, Dallas
Vickie McMillan, The Woodlands
Kathleen McShane, Fayetteville
Renea Menzies, Houston
Courtney Miles, Dallas
Steve Miller, Grand Prairie
Richard Nix, Houston
Kevin Owens, Dallas
Igraine Perkinson, Houston
Kevin Peterson, Houston
Chuck Petty, Plano
David Philips, Dallas
Gordon Phillipson, Kemah
Leslie Pierce, Austin
Erika Pochybova, Lubbock
Cary Reeder, Houston
Kit Reisch, Dallas
Ted Reves, Sugar Land
Clifton Riley, San Antonio
Shaun Roberts, Nacogdoches
Anat Ronen, Houston
Joyce Rosner, Austin
Ricardo Vicente Ruiz, Corpus Christi
Ricardo Ruiz, Corpus Christi
Alexis Serio, Troup
Yvette Shadrock, Macdona
Caroline Sharpless, Houston
David Smith, Sugar Land
Joel Stanulonis, Katy
Woodrow Starkey, Wylie
Pablo Taboada, Austin
Lorraine Tady, Dallas
Saralene Tapley, Dickinson
James Tennison, Fort Worth
Prince Thomas, Houston
James Van Patten, Pflugerville
Kelli Vance, Houston
Louis Vega Trevino, San Antonio
Michael Villarreal, Dale
Christopher Wallace, Conroe
Robert Wardle, Plano
Wendy Wight, Houston
Taylor Winn, Austin
Matthew Winters, Austin
Lee E. Wright, Houston
James Zamora, Denton

At a separate event following the gala to announce the winner, Hunting PLC will present a charitable contribution on behalf of the competition – and the artists who have entered to participate – to Patriot PAWS. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to inspiring and restoring the physical and emotional independence of disabled American veterans and others with mobile disabilities.

Hunting PLC moved the Hunting Art Prize to Houston in 2006 after a quarter century in the United Kingdom, where it emerged as one of Great Britain's top art awards. It is open to artists throughout Texas who are at least 18 years of age.

For more information on the prize, visit www.huntingartprize.com.

About the 2014 Hunting Art Prize Charity
Patriot PAWS Service Dogs was founded in 2006 as a nonprofit entity providing service dogs to disabled American veterans and others with mobile disabilities at no cost in an effort to inspire and restore physical and emotional independence. Depending on the needs of each individual, service dogs complete a customized training program and learn to perform a variety of functions, including supporting patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. For further information, visit http://patriotpaws.org.

About Hunting PLC
Hunting PLC is an international oil services company providing support solutions to the world's largest oil and gas concerns. Established in 1874, it is a fully listed public company, traded on the London Stock Exchange. For further information, visit www.hunting.plc.uk

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