2014 Hunting Art Prize Announces 115 Artists as Finalists

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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