Winner: Robert Cark (MFA 1992)
Finalists: Chris Duke (MFA 2003), Angela Gram (MFA 2012), Courtney Murphy (MFA 2008), Dierdra Olin (MFA 2010)
NY ACADEMY OF ART CONTEST SELECTS WINNING ART FOR 2013
Finalists: Chris Duke (MFA 2003), Angela Gram (MFA 2012), Courtney Murphy (MFA 2008), Dierdra Olin (MFA 2010)
NY ACADEMY OF ART CONTEST SELECTS WINNING ART FOR 2013
The Westminster Kennel Club and the New York Academy of Art have
selected the winning artwork to represent the 137th annual
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
A collection of oil-on-porcelain miniature portrait paintings by Robert
Clark and Richard Moss won the art contest, sponsored for the third consecutive year
by the New York Academy of Art. The Committee also named four finalists. An
image, which includes Malachy, the Pekingese that captured the 2012 Best In
Show title, and Sensation, Westminster’s mascot and logo model Pointer, as well
as a number of other breeds, will be utilized in a poster and in other club
materials to promote the 2013 show.
Robert Clark is a graduate of the New York Academy of Art
with a Masters in painting (MFA 1992).
Richard Moss studied mosaic in Italy.
For over twenty years, Clark and Moss have been working collaboratively
to create both functional and decorative figurative art: easel-work and
surfaces in stone, glass and ceramic.
Together they have been recognized by the National
Endowment for the Arts, the White House Millennium Project, museums and prestigious
private collectors. Their published work includes luxury residences and notable
hotels and restaurants. For a decade they have been reviving kiln-fired
oil-on-porcelain in the style of 18th and 19th century Sevres and
KoniglichePorzellanManufaktur (KPM). The
artists' studio is at their farm in Ocala, FL, where they breed horses from the
Royal Dutch Stud Book of the Netherlands and German riding ponies.
A special
thanks to art handler Cadogan Tate.
The Westminster Kennel Club (www.westminsterkennelclub.org) is America's oldest organization dedicated to the sport of
purebred dogs. Established in 1877, Westminster's influence has been felt
for more than a century through its famous all breed, benched dog
show held every year at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Westminster will stage its 137th consecutive show on February 11-12, 2013, televised live nationally on USA Network.
