ABOUT
Artist
Crystal Beshara
Born:
January 7th 1975
Location:
Ottawa, Canada’s
(Nation’s Capital)
Degree: BFA Studio, University of Ottawa
PHOTOS
download high resolution Photos by Photographer Ben Welland
Publication
Publication
Publication
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
CONTACT
Telephone: 01-613-224-8638
Email: info@crystalbeshara.com
Mailing Address:
103 Harris Place, Ottawa ON K2G 2P7
It’s no wonder Crystal Beshara is feeling a little giddy. She has just been honoured with a second grant from the renowned Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation which supports young artists working exclusively in realism.
The grant was awarded in recognition of a stripped down, incredibly personal series of her first ever self-portraits. These new paintings are but one aspect of this artist’s paradoxical body of work.
A visit to her crowded Ottawa studio would yield not only a glimpse of different mediums: oil, watercolour, pen & ink, pastel and pencil, but their accomplished use in works varying in style and subject from earthy, textural rural Ontario landscapes and detailed, English pastorals, to hot, saturated Southwestern scenes. While such variety demonstrates diverse skills, one thing remains Crystal clear – a true artist’s love of realism, rendered with passion and perseverance...
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