Rays of Hope by Crystal Beshara

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TITLE: “Rays of Hope” Medium: Oil on wood panel Dimensions: 11” x 14” (14” x 17” framed) Framed: Dark espresso, rustic 1¼ inch frame Description: As the sun bows low over Eastern Ontario, its final golden rays catch the curve of a classic red barn, casting warm light over weathered wood and softening the edges of the day. A hush seemed to linger in the misty air, where the distant Laurentian hills begin to blur into the horizon. This quiet moment, bathed in the glow of transition, to me captured the steadfastness of rural life and the elegance of simple shapes. “Rays of Hope” is a contemplative study in light, atmosphere, and place—offering the viewer a sense of stillness and gentle resilience

Crystal Beshara
Rays of Hope
oil on 6mm wood panel
11 x 14 in (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
Framed: 14 x 17 in (35.56 x 43.18 cm)
$1,200
Available

As the sun bows low over Eastern Ontario, its final golden rays catch the curve of a classic red barn, casting warm light over weathered wood and softening the edges of the day.

A hush seemed to linger in the misty air, where the distant Laurentian hills begin to blur into the horizon. This quiet moment, bathed in the glow of transition, to me captured the steadfastness of rural life and the elegance of simple shapes.

“Rays of Hope” is a contemplative study in light, atmosphere, and place—offering the viewer a sense of stillness and gentle resilience

Subject Matter: barn,hay, farm, landscape, farmland, canadian landscape
Current Location: Home studio
Collections: Arbor SOLO SHOW, August 2023, Artwork available through my WEBSITE & STUDIO

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About Rural Canadian Artist Crystal Beshara

BIOGRAPHY:

Crystal Beshara is an international award winning contemporary realist painter living in Ontario, Canada.

She is represented by BALLARDS FINE ART GALLERY in Wyoming and WALL SPACE GALLERY in Ottawa, Canada

Inspired by her rural roots growing up on a small hobby farm in Eastern Ontario, her ability to capture the anatomy and spirit of her subject matter highlights her reverence for rural life. A self-taught realist, she spent her childhood observing and drawing the world around her. Crystal moves easily between the mediums of watercolour, gouache and oil focusing on realism while juxtaposed with expressive, gestural brushstrokes. Her paintings weave together whimsical allegory while touching on the very real shifts in environment and the precarious disappearing and ever changing agricultural landscape.

After receiving her BFA in studio in 1997, Crystal went on to obtain a diploma in Botanical Illustration from the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA, UK). She has exhibited and won international acclaim for her artwork and has exhibited alongside some of North America’s greatest Wildlife painters such as Robert Bateman, James Coe, Rod Lawrence, John-Seerey Lester, Greg Beecham, Kathy Ellem and Theresa Elliot. Crystal’s oils and watercolours have been featured in American Art Collector, Pleinaire Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Canadian Cowboy Magazine, Canadian Cattleman and International Artist Magazine .

She is an associate member of The American Watercolour Society, member with distinction of American Women Artists and an elected member of Woman Artists of The West, Artists Who Teach, American Watercolor Society, Elected Fellow Ottawa Watercolour Society and The International Guild of Realism.

Crystal Beshara

L'Orignal, ON

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