Chris Wallace finalist for Hunting Prize

Chris Wallace's Drawing Love's Labors Lost 

Chris Wallace (MFA 2012) is a finalist for 2014 Hunting Prize.  His drawing Love's Labors Lost is among 115 artworks to show at the May 3 Hunting Prize Gala in Houston.  One of the finalists for this competition will be awarded the $50,000 Hunting Prize.


The finalists, 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