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By Andrew McCredie
Community Editor

Well, sure. What. would you
expect when -dealing with not-so-
lightweight: subject. matter. as : the
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man? Or Apollo attended by the
nymphs?

Watercolorist Crystal Deshaies is
hard pressed to find nymphs on the
North Shore,’ so she’s settled on

illustrating : her patron’s ‘lives. by”

: painting their homes.

And while architectural render-
ings of the places we live has long
been an artistic tradition, Deshaies*
ability to personalize each home to

its owner makes her paintings as”

unique as its patrons.

:, Call it “the hand of owner.”
“Pm very good at listening to
what people want and picking up the
flavor. of their family,” says: the
Vancouver-based artist. “People's
‘ house becomes them. They are their
house, or their house is them.
. Especially around the North Shore
with all the gardens and beautiful
homes.”

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With the downsizing trend in the
Spaces we occupy ever increasing,
more and more people are searching
for ways .to capture that emotional
bond to the place they’ve called
home.

Sharee Reynolds realized her
dream of preserving memories of
her West Vancouver home by com-

. Missioning Deshaies to. paint the

house as a gift to her husband. The ~ f

Reynolds are a case in point of
homeowners downsizing after chil-

dren have left home (in this case a —

7,000 square- -foot home). Their
home is té go on the market next

‘spring.

Upon first meeting the efferves-
cent artist,, Reynolds knew she'd
found a kindred spirit.

‘She's a real free open-type of
personality.” Reynolds’ says. of
Deshaies. “She seems to really listen
to what you want‘and then works

. extremely hard at giving you what

you. want.”
What Reynolds wanted was @

- painting of her beautiful’ home

reflecting the way she saw it. That

includes her dear siamese cat Pi,.a_

Stellar’s Jay and squirrel that show

‘up for their daily, peanuts aiid other

touchstones that’ define her home
and life.

_. “Pima real outdoors person with ,
-my birds and garden, and I. really” '

wanted something that spoke to me
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VANGOUVE eR PAINTER Crystal Deshaies introduces lifestyle elemerits into her “house portralis,”
_ like this one commissioned by a West Vancouver homeowner. | ;

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wish to thank. you for your patronage uver the last. year. :

The owner,. Cher Ali Mohamed invites you to join the fun
"on December 9, 1995 from 10:00 am. to 2:00 pm..

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