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Hmmmm..... Animals In Art. Sponsored by the LSU Veterinary College, you say. Jeff, check out the prospectus carefully. Nowadays that may mean the animals are the artists rather than the subjects!
Seriously, I did three "Fin, Fur, and Feathers" shows back when I used to enter competitions. I sold pieces in two of the three shows, which is an order of magnitude better than I've ever done in any other kind of show. My "hook" was to do invertebrates (think bugs, lobsters, that kind of thing). It kind of takes the jurors by surprise when they see a cockroach among all the dogs, cats, bunnies and marine mammals. But for sales, the all-time champ is snakes. It might not work for painting and drawing, but in sculpture snakes are hot! I'll post a picture of my cat with my first snake below. This was taken back in 1991. Note that the cat is missing his left hind leg. He's still around though (the cat, not the snake), 14 years old and still going. One of my last two snakes sold for $ 650 in an auction at the San Jose Museum of Art, and the other won $1000 prize money from LG Industries of Korea in a national competition. So if you're considering doing multiple entries, consider a snake.
Nice kitty drawing. I don
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