A Texas high schooler was named grand champion of a renowned rodeo art show and is set to take home $30,000 when her artwork, an exquisite photo-realistic painting of a rider on horseback herding cows, is sold at auction.
Mia Huckman, 18, lives in Houston and attends Foster High School in nearby Richmond. From among 4,500 submissions from school districts across southeast Texas, she took the top spot at Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo’s 2023 School Art Contest on Feb. 11 after entering for her fourth year in a row.
Mia Huckman stands beside her winning painting, titled “Our Last Roundup.” (Courtesy of Mia Huckman)
Her acrylic painting, executed on gessoed board, is based on a photo loaned to her by her art teacher that was taken at a real Texas ranch….