The Hunting Art Prize, the annual Texas-wide contemporary art competition that awards $50,000 to the winning artist, is historically the most generous annual award in North America for painting and drawing. The jurors have pared down the entrants to 121 finalists. The 2016 winner will be announced at the Hunting Art Prize gala on April 30. One of these artists will walk away with 50K:
Stella Alesi, Austin
Anne Allen, Fort Worth
Charis Ammon, Houston
Helen Bailey, McKinney
David Baker, San Antonio
Vera Barnett, Grandview
Awadh Baryoum, Dallas
Carol Benson, Fort Worth
David Bjurstrom, Austin
Daniel Blagg, Fort Worth
Martin Bouska, Richmond
Natasha Bowdoin, Houston
Jeremy Burks, Austin
Qindeel Butt, Katy
Shannon Cannings, Lubbock
Patricia Chambers, Bellville
Cheryle Chapline, Woodway
Michelle Chen-Dubose, Houston
Felipe Contreras, Houston
Valerie Corwin, Flower Mound
Judith Cottrell, Houston
Terry Crum, Keller
Julie De Vries, Houston
Gaylon Dingler, Tyler
Hillary Dohoney, Fort Worth
Andrew Drewes, El Paso
Joey Fauerso, San Antonio
Elizabeth Ferran, Dallas
Geoffrey Ford, Austin
Ginger Fox, Dallas
Daryl Gannon, Spring
Tanja Gant, Plano
Ron Garcia, Denton
Justin Garcia, Houston
Dan Gilroy, Blanco
Alberto Godoy, Houston
Arnold Gonzales, Corpus Christi
JT Grant, Fort Worth
David Gray, Houston
David Griffin, Rockdale
John Grimball, Cedar Park
Alyssa Hawkins, Fort Worth
Jose Hernandez, Pharr
Lee Albert Hill, Fort Worth
Karen Hillier, Bryan
Duke Horn, Dallas
Jimmy Houston, Houston
Julie Howard, Alvin
Gerard Huber, Dallas
Naomi Hughes, Lockhart
James Humphrey, Grapevine
Cedric Ingram, Katy
Alison Jardine, Plano
Jeff Jennings, Houston
Bethany Johnson, Austin
James W. Johnson, Lubbock
Natalie Jones, Houston
Rance Jones, Richardson
Angela Kallus, Fort Worth
Suzanne Kelley Clark, Dallas
Robert Kinsell, Fort Davis
Andrew Kochie, Arlington
Padaric Kolander, Houston
Jamie Kovach, Austin
Charles Mary Kubricht, Marfa
Jesse Lane, The Woodlands
Cynthia Lewis, Fort Worth
Michael Longhofer, Amarillo
Layla Luna, Fort Worth
Nathan Madrid, Denton
Katie Maratta, Austin
Linda Martin, Cedar Hill
Ken Mazzu, Houston
Pat McEnery, Houston
Mary McGovern, San Antonio
Robert Melton, Austin
Tudor Mitroi, Houston
Kelly Morris, Wylie
Aaron Morrison, San Antonio
Devin Nelson, Houston
Cap Pannell, Dallas
Samantha Persons, Houston
Cameron Petri, Austin
Katherine Pickens, San Antonio
Page Piland, Houston
Katie Rose Pipkin, Austin
Erika Pochybova, Lubbock
Jonathan Revett, Amarillo
Drew Riley, Austin
Tim Roberts, Fort Davis
Kyle Rogers, Houston
Joyce Rosner, Austin
Robert Ruello, Houston
Tim Schneider, Houston
Natasha Schulze, Fort Worth
David Schweitzer, Fort Worth
Beth Secor, Houston
Caroline Sharpless, Houston
Reid Sharpless, Houston
Daniel Sims, Frisco
John Slaby, Houston
David Smith, Sugar Land
Madelyn Sneed, Corinth
Janet Sopp-Sims, Lakeway
Andrew Stalder, Bedford
Todd Stevens, Cypress
Jennye Stubblefield, San Antonio
William Sullivan, Austin
John Swanger, Austin
Paul Tassone, McKinney
Cherry Taylor, Austin
Benjamin Terry, Denton
Anabel Toribio, San Antonio
Juan Vela, Corpus Christi
Camille Warmington, Houston
Neal Wilson, San Marcos
Sam Wilson, San Antonio
Wendy Layne Windrich, Conroe
Ashley Wright, Fort Worth
Xiaoyuan Xian, Houston
Kenneth Zeromski, Dallas