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Y O U R  H O M E  &  G A R D E N  P O R T R A I T,  B Y  C R Y S T A L  D E S H A I E S

 

Engage Crystal Deshaies to create a highly personalized home portrait that captures your garden, cherished memories and objects, loved ones, and pets. These exquisitely detailed, custom works of art have become family heirlooms.

With years of experience painting botanicals, Crystal can paint your garden in any season.

Personalized, illustrated gift certificates are available for special occasions.

 

M O R E  A B O U T  T H E  A R T I S T  A N D  T E S T I M O N I A L S

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Commission Crystal to create an accurate, luminous portrait of your loved ones and pets, lovingly created on canvas and stretched on gallery frames.

Please call the studio at 604-732-9523, or email crystal@crystalpainter.com

My passion is painting, and my joy is to be able to give people back themselves in the form of a painting. The study of music gave me great appreciation for the relationship of form and content, and I have transposed the musical term of composition, rhythm. harmony and colour in my visual work to express the passion I have for life, people and my community.              

 

 
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Heart and Stroke Foundation Gala 2010

Friday, June 11th at the Fairmont Hotel
Come and bid on a Gift Certificate worth $1000 toward a Home and Garden Portrait!


A Scottish Garden

Here is a lively garden reflecting a happy family in Scotland; the children have their own little studios/houses, all the favourite flowers are featured, along with the two Magpies, (can't have just one!), as well as a robin and various garden fairies. A peak into the back door, from where the view is taken, is woven into the composition.

Where to see my Home and Garden Portraits when you're in Kitsilano

Costen Catbalue Goldsmith

I have two Home and Garden Portraits exhibited at Costen Catbalue Goldsmith, at 1832 West 1st Avenue, at 1st and Burrard. This is a gorgeous shop, treat yourself to some spectular goldsmithing while you're there!


Coming up!

"Arts at Darts"

Come visit the Beautiful Darts Garden in South Surrey, and enjoy an evening with artists, musicians and other performers. I'm really looking forward to that! The evening of Tuesday, June 22, from 6:00-9:00 pm. Call me for details!



BC Centre for Ability Gala 2010

Art in the Garden 2010

Crystal will be one of twenty Vancouver artists featured in the UBC Botanical Gardens, August 7th and 8th

www.artinthegarden.ca for details.

Covenant House Fund Raiser November 26

This past summer I was commissioned to create four paintings for greeting cards for Covenant House. Two are up on this page, and more on the Winsome Portraits page. A great organization, so I'm privileged to have been selected.

Their Fund Raiser will be at Birks downtown Vancouver, on Thursday, November 26th. I will be donating a Gift Certificate for $1000 Toward a Home and Garden Portrait. Hope you can come. Please email if you would like more info.


New Home and Garden: Life on Haida Gwaii

On this page: Here's life in Paradise on Haida Gwaii. This painting tells the story of a couple from both The Raven Clan and Eagle Clan. They harvest the fruits of their land, fish and smoke sockey, and live the traditional life of the Haida on their gorgeous estate next to the sea.

Vancouver Fine Art by Request

New Work on this page

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Lynn Valley Paradise

Everything you need to make life paradise! A barbeque, a perfect dog, two beautiful kids in their own little house. The beautiful pine tree is an important presence on the property, and it is used to compose the views of both front and back of the house and property.


A Portrait of Jay

Her mother had this portrait done of her lovely daughter Jay for herself. She is hanging it in a prominent place in the house, and will surprise her daughter when she next comes to
visit!

Portrait of Mother and Daughter on Kits Beach

Who have been such and inspiration, encouragement and help to each other over the years. It was a gorgeous, sunny day on Kits Beach.


Affordable archival, hand-embellished prints

"Speck" the empathetic equestrian.
"Biggles, (alias Frodo), Ace WW1 fighter pilot and Kits Beach diver"
"Blizzard the Cat With Pink Cherry Blossom Snow"
"Rio Grande"
Every so often, the countryside takes my breath away, reflecting roads the Inner Tourist chooses, marking places my heart leaps.
A scene from my travels in New Mexico and San Diego, where I visited the home and ranch house of my great grandmother.

Vancouver Fine Art by commission
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