By Shane Clausing

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Winners announced for 2022 Beauty of The Peace competition

Apr 8, 2022 | 11:42 AM

The winners of the 2022 Beauty of the Peace contest have been announced.

This year, the public voted on 25 different paintings created by Peace Region artists and Agnes McDonald and her painting titled “Overgrown” was awarded the top prize.

Shanda Fuller’s painting “Path of Illumination, On the Waxwing Trail” was awarded second place and Lori Quesnel’s image “Helping Hands” was presented with the third place award.

Photo: Anges McDonald and her painting “Overgrown”

Photo: Shanda Fuller – Path of Illumination, On the Waxing Trail.

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Photo: Lori Qusnel painting “Helping Hands”

Gallery owner Grant Berg says it was another successful year for the Beauty of the Peace competition.

“A complement to the artists that worked on their craft over the past couple years and step up their game.

“We had 25 amazing artists submit. The people coming out to vote I’m sure was a record. I didn’t officially count. Typically we see about 300 people through, and I think this year we saw 400-450 people (cast a vote).”

For winning first place, McDonald will receive a full year of gallery representation at the Grant Berg Gallery.

While it might not seem like much for the average person, Berg says it is a pretty significant award if you’re an artist.

“What this does is we bring this artist on as one of our own. That helps going into competitions – having gallery representation and entering different exhibitions,” he explained.

“It just helps build a career, it shows that someone else believes in your artwork at a higher level than just family.”

Second place will get a $150 certificate for custom framing from the Grant Berg Galley while third place gets a $100 certificate.

Berg thanks all the artists for entering this year’s competition.