Exhibition - seeing the forest
In Radiant Beams, Laura Beaton captures the ethereal beauty of the Aurora Borealis sweeping across the vast Canadian night sky.
The sky, vast and commanding, becomes the stage upon which light itself performs, flooding the landscape with soft illumination and a sense of wonder.
At the heart of the scene stands a small log cabin, larger and more defined with its snow-covered roof glistening beneath the shimmering lights. Warm golden tones from its windows spill across the snow, a gentle counterpoint to the cool hues of the northern night. This welcoming glow draws the viewer inward, a beacon of comfort amid the serene expanse of wilderness. The cabin, though modest, becomes the emotional center of the composition, symbolizing warmth, endurance, and humanity’s quiet presence within nature’s grandeur.
In the foreground, an obscured figure of a lone cross-country skier glides silently through the snow, their movement faint but perceptible. Their path curves away from the cabin, leaving delicate tracks that dissolve into light. The solitary skier adds a note of mystery and life, a reminder of human connection within this radiant solitude.
Radiant Beams evokes a world where stillness and vitality coexist, and where nature’s performance speaks directly to humanity.
The Sumi-e Artists of Canada annual exhibition & sale november 8-9, 2025
Sumi-e Artists of Canada
Grateful for water Logged V2
Laura Beaton, Canadian Visual Fine Artist wins another award for Water Logged V2. Her sumi-e painting on washi, Japanese paper, is finding fans throughout the world.
laura beaton is the new North American Director, iccps
Laura Beaton is new the Director, North America Branch for the International Chinese Calligraphy & Ink Painting Society (ICCPS). Artists from around the globe are part of this Branch as talented calligraphy and Sumi-e artists join forces to create commonality and peace.

