INPERSON
A
Palette
of
Talent
Fox Chapel’s Victor Beltran
awarded at Pittsburgh
Watercolor Society Show.
BY KATHY RUDOLPH
Victor and Vincenne Beltran
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videographer, was recognized again when
he was awarded first prize for his painting,
“Block the Storm” at the juried competition
of the 70th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh
Watercolor Society (PWS) at the Three
Rivers Arts Festival (TRAF).
“Thousands of people visited TRAF this
year and [the award] was a huge honor
for me because there are so many talented
colleagues in the PWS,” he says.
Born in Lima, Peru, Beltran studied
architecture, art and urban planning and
enjoyed a successful career as an architect in
Peru. At age 39, he immigrated to the United
States and worked professionally for several
large firms in the Pittsburgh area. He spent
21 year