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INPERSON A Palette of Talent Fox Chapel’s Victor Beltran awarded at Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Show. BY KATHY RUDOLPH Victor and Vincenne Beltran 36 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE | Fox Chapel Area 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