Artist: Kelsey Critchfield-De Ferrari
Title: La Rosa Benedetta
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 20 x 16 in. (30 x 23 in.)
Artist Statement: 
Shrouded in a crimson veil adorned with intricate lace she stands as a symbol of sacred beauty and quiet strength. Her gaze is serene yet piercing, as though she carried centuries of wisdom within her silence.  Surrounded by blooming roses and deep red dahlias - symbols of love and passion - she emerges from a timeless garden framed by gothic arches and divine light. Set against a distant landscape of rolling hills and hidden sanctuaries, she becomes both guardian and muse, a living icon suspended between the earthly and the eternal.