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2015 Hunting Art Prize Announces Finalists

By: Feb. 17, 2015
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HOUSTON, Feb. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Hunting PLC announced that 110 artists have been selected to move on to the final round of judging in the 2015 Hunting Art Prize in which participants vie for a $50,000 award. The competition, which is celebrating its 35 th anniversary, is the largest prize in the category of painting and drawing available in North America.

The panel of jurors that narrowed the submissions to the final 110 participants will reconvene in April for the second phase of the two-tiered jury process. The 2015 winner will be announced at the Hunting Art Prize gala on May 2.

The artists, who come from more than 35 cities and towns throughout the state of Texas, are:

Seth Alverson, Houston

John Chinn, Lubbock

Musetta Aponte, Schertz

Georgia Clarke, Fort Worth

Viveka Barnett, Houston

Jeff Crosby, Austin

Jeana Baumgardner, Austin

Terry Crump, Houston

Heather Bause, Houston

Steven DaLuz, San Antonio

Myla Bertinot, Houston

Fabio D'aroma, Sugar Land

Chris Bingham, Dallas

Hannah Dean, Slaton

William Binnie, Dallas

Andrew Scott DeJesse, Amarillo

Penelope Bisbee, Dallas

Craig Dunlavey, Dripping Springs

Sara Braswell, Midland

Lindsey Dunnagan, Grapevine

Alice Leora Briggs, Lubbock

Fidencio Duran, Austin

Hebe Brooks, Houston

Joey Fauerso, San Antonio

Tracie Brownlee, Houston

Tommy Fitzpatrick, Austin

Jeremy Burks, Austin

Lance Flowers, Houston

Todd Camplin, Jefferson

Denise Fulton, Austin

Bryan Carter, La Porte

Megan Harrison, San Antonio

Mary Case, Spring

Lauren Hensens, Denton

Armando Castelan, Houston

Gary J. Hernandez, Spring

Lindy Chambers, Bellville

Mira Hnatyshyn, San Antonio

Lan Hoang, Houston

Venu Menon, Dallas

Riley Holloway, Dallas

Matt Messinger, Houston

Katy Horan, Austin

Courtney Miles, Dallas

Syraya Horton, San Marcos

Maud Morgan, Austin

Jimmy Houston, Houston

Shayne Murphy, Houston

Michael Hubbard, Midland

Victor Ortiz, Houston

Gerard Huber, Dallas

Sarah Painter, Johnson City

Erika Huddleston, Dallas

Serena Painter, Johnson City

Carol Ivey, Fort Worth

Gina Palacios, Austin

John Jenkins, Houston

Nola Parker, Austin

Rufino Jimenez, Dallas

Kevin Peterson, Houston

Harvey Johnson, Houston

Page Piland, Bellaire

Carmen Cartiness Johnson,

Katie Rose Pipkin, Austin

San Antonio

Edward Povey, Wimberley

Anna Elise Johnson, Houston

Fernando Ramirez, Cypress

Drew Johnson, Austin

Lynn Randolph, Houston

Natalie Jones, Houston

Ted Reves, Sugar Land

Soomin Jung, San Antonio

Shaun Roberts, Nacogdoches

Susan Kemner Reed, Austin

Christian Rodriguez, Mission

Mary Carol Kenney, The Woodlands

Elizabeth Sapre, Tomball

Beryl Kerwick, Austin

Natasha Schulze, Fort Worth

Robert Kinsell, Fort Davis

Anne Shaffer, San Antonio

Pat Kochan, Dallas

Caroline Sharpless, Houston

Padaric Kolander, Austin

Tom Shefelman, Austin

Laura Lark, Houston

Russell Stephenson, San Antonio

Joan Laughlin, Houston

Christopher Troutman, Beaumont

Greg Lewallen, Waco

Roxana Tuff, New Braunfels

Lulu Lin, Houston

Gary Uribe, Fort Worth

Katie Maratta, Austin

Kristen Van Patten, Pflugerville

Mauro Martinez, Laredo

Taylor Waldt, Bellaire

Sheri Mays, Austin

Robert Wardle, Fairview

Robert McCoy, Houston

Jason Webb, Austin

Elizabeth McDonald, Austin

Don Wink, Lubbock

Leslie McDonald, Jr., Houston

Martin Wnuk, Houston

Pat McEnery, Houston

Albert Wong, El Paso

Vickie McMillan, The Woodlands

Deanna Wood, Denton

Robert Melton, Austin

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.

This is the second consecutive year the nonprofit has been selected as the Hunting Art Prize charity. The 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 2015 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 that manufactures, supplies, and distributes equipment to enable the extraction of oil and gas. 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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