Alumna is finalist in Texas art contest

CCAD alumna Janet Sopp-Sims (CCAD 1985) is a finalist in the 2012 Hunting Art Prize.

The competition is open for all artists 18 and over who live in Texas. Sopp-Sims submitted her acrylic painting For a Young Man, which was inspired by the death of a close friend.

There were more than 1,000 entries into the contest, and 109 were selected by a jury as finalists. The jury will make its final decision on April 28, 2012. The winner will be awarded a $50,000 prize.

Sopp-Sims owns and operates Red Hound Fine Art Studio.