HOUSTON, May 12, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- Hunting PLC announced that Fire by
Houston artist Kevin Peterson is the winner of the $50,000 Hunting Art Prize for 2015.
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The painting was selected from over 100 finalists in the
35th annual award program, which is sponsored by the
global oil services company and is the most generous annual art
prize in North America for
painting and drawing.
Peterson has been a finalist five times in the last eight years
and his entry was featured on the annual Hunting Art Prize keepsake
poster produced in 2008. Announcement of his winning came during an
evening awards gala recently held at the Friedkin Companies Campus,
Gulf States Toyota, in Houston.
"It is such a privilege to be included among the unbelievably
gifted artists who have been named winners of this prestigious
prize," said Peterson. "As a longtime participant in the
competition, I have to say this is an incredible accomplishment and
a life-changing recognition. I couldn't be more honored to earn
this generous award."
Peterson's works explore the varied journeys of life, detailing
the experience of growing up and living in a world that is
broken. His paintings address trauma and fear, and bring forth
the loneliness and strength required to survive and
thrive.
Contrasting the untainted innocence of youth with a worn,
ragged, and defiled world, his works encompass divergent themes of
support versus restraint, bondage versus freedom, and tension
versus slack, while communicating feelings of isolation,
loneliness, and longing that are teamed with an optimistic sense of
hope.
His works have been shown around the globe, including in shows
and exhibitions in Germany,
California, New York, and Florida. He studied art at
Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where he earned a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in 2001.
For more information on the winner, visit:
http://kevinpetersonstudios.com/
The Hunting Art Prize is open to artists throughout Texas who are 18 years of age or
older. This year's competition saw more than 1,600 entries
from a number of cities and towns throughout the
state. Submissions underwent a two-tiered jury process, after
which nationally respected judges from Florida, Virginia, and Kentucky selected Peterson's work as the
winner.
On behalf of the 2015 competition, Hunting PLC will present a
charitable contribution at an upcoming event to Patriot PAWS
Service Dogs. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to
inspiring and restoring the physical and emotional independence of
disabled American veterans and others with mobile disabilities by
providing service dogs at no cost.
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 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.