Val Moker is a recipient of the Best New Artist Award at the Calgary Stampede’s, Western Art Showcase, the Peoples’ Choice Award at the Canadian Portrait Academy, and has followed up with other citations including the Will Rogers Medallion Award from the Academy of Western Artists in Oklahoma. Val’s work was accepted in the finals of the New Tang Dynasty Television’s, International Figure Painting Competition, New York City, and was included in the Imago Mundi Project, Treviso, Italy, a unique project to collect works of art by established and emerging artists from countries all around the world. Moker’s work was recognized with two Palm Art Awards. The Awards are part of an international art competition sponsored by the Art Domain Group from Quedlinburg, Germany. Val’s work received an award from the Circle Foundation for the Arts, International Artist of the Year Competition, Lyon, France. Moker’s paintings have appeared in venues ranging from Cowboys & Indians Magazine and Kennedy Publications’, Best of Worldwide Oil Book, to Hollywood’s Motion Picture and Television Fund - Golden Boot Awards. She has completed commissions extending from the Kidney Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Masters Rowing Championships and Englishman’s Boy Productions, to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in the United States. Her fine art illustrations have been featured in two children’s books, an award-winning cowboy poetry book, and a clothing and accessory line.