2020 Beauty of the Peace winning painting 'Spring in the Peace' by Shirley Weiss. Photo Credit: Shirley Weiss/Big Country 93.1/Q99

By Shane Clausing

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Beauty of the Peace art competition officially underway

Mar 2, 2021 | 1:23 PM

The annual Beauty of the Peace Art Competition, in partnership with the Grant Berg Gallery, gets underway Tuesday.

The annual contest gives amateur artists in the Peace Region an opportunity to showcase their artistic talents to the public.

Grant Berg, the Owner of the Grant Berg Gallery tells EverythingGP he encourages anyone interested in entering to join and to showcase their creativity.

“I always want the artist to create what they want. Even though the name is called Beauty of the Peace, that doesn’t necessarily mean landscape. People can find beauty in whatever they see,” said Berg.

“It could be an abstract painting of a drop of oil in a little puddle. Whatever people find beauty in is wide open to come right on in.”

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Residents of the Peace Region are encouraged to enter at the Big Country 93.1 or Q99 websites.

There are also prizes up for grabs.

The first-place prize winner will earn a one-year representation at the Grant Berg Gallery and also get a limited edition print of their artwork.

Second place will earn a $150 gift certificate for custom framing at the Grant Berg Gallery.

The third-place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate for farming at the gallery.

Berg says this contest can also help amateur artists get their foot in the door and propel them to bigger and better things in their future.

“With this, it gives the artists an opportunity to get their work in our gallery and hopefully use that as a launching point to move forward,” said Berg. “With the winners each year, the goal is to really sell artwork and find new homes for it.”

Berg added that Emily Lozeron, the winner from the 2018 contest, was one artist who was really able to propel their career after winning the top prize.

“Emily has gone to get recognized down in the U.S. Last February she was published in the Southwest Art Magazine, which is a magazine that basically covers Texas (to) California and to see one of our artists from the Peace Country in there was amazing. She’d be doing great with or without me, but when you’re submitting to shows and it shows you have gallery representation, there’s almost that expectation of that.”

“If you don’t have it (your art represented in a gallery) sometimes that can work against you even though the talent is there. What it does I guess is it validates that someone else believes in your work besides you do. It certainly helps an artist, but again full credit to the artists, they’re the ones doing the work and they have the talent, we just validate that.”

Those interested in entering have until March 10 at 5:30 p.m. to do so.

In order to determine the winner, a vote will be held at the Grant Berg Gallery from March 12 to April 8. The winner will then be determined on April 9.