DARLENE BECK FINE ARTIST
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2013 - RECEIVED 1ST PRIZE IN ACRYLIC   '' OPEN THEME ''  CATEGORY  
at Medicine Hat Visual Arts Show for  " Darkness Falls "  36X24"
There were 400+ entries in various categories in this show.

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2012 - RECEIVED HONORARY MENTION  at Medicine Hat Visual Arts Show for  "A Burst of Flavor"    30X24"
There were 440 entries in various categories in this show.

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2011 - RECEIVED HONORARY MENTION at Medicine Hat Visual Arts Show for "DEVASTATION “
There were 485 entries of various categories in this show.

THIS PAINTING MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.  MY DAUGHTER LIVED  AND WORKED IN JAPAN AND WE  HEARD  FIRST HAND FROM HER ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION IN THE AREA  FROM THE  EARTHQUAKE OF MARCH 2011 AND THE TSUNAMI THAT  FOLLOWED.

ALSO,   THE SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS  ON EVERYONE'’S  LIVES DUE TO THE INITIAL LOSSES  OF HOMES, FAMILY, BUSINESSES AS  WELL AS THOUGHTS AND FEARS OF THE POSSIBILITY  OF LACK OF FOOD AND WATER,   THE AFTERSHOCKS,  THE CONTINUAL NUCLEAR FEARS,   AND SO IT GOES ON.  !!

WHAT I EXPERIENCED THROUGH MY DAUGHTERS WORDS ABOUT THE DISASTER, MAKES ME APPRECIATE SO MUCH MORE WHAT PEOPLE  GO THROUGH WHEN I HEAR OF OTHER DISASTERS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD.   
  
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE OUR NEWS STORIES, WE,  IN CANADA, CANNOT IMAGINE  WHAT THIS COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE WENT THROUGH AND THE  EFFECTS OF IT ALL.    MAY  THEY BE  ABLE TO REBUILD AND LEAD NORMAL LIVES IN THE FUTURE. 
 
I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY INTERPRETATION OF IT ALL  IN THIS PAINTING  TITLED     "DEVASTATION"  . 
DARLENE BECK   -  MAY  2011

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2010 - RECEIVED HONORARY MENTION at Medicine Hat Visual Arts Show for  “FOREVER “     22X28"
There were some 300+  entries of  various categories in this show.

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