By Land, Air and Sea by Jeff Wilson, Silence Lifted by Karen Santos and PdA Teacher & Staff Exhibition

Opening reception: Thursday, Sept 4 at 7:00pm

Silence Lifted, mixed media on canvas works by Karen Santos

Karen Santos is a Vancouver-based painter whose work explores the symbiotic relationship between affects and art. Karen’s most recent collection Silence Lifted is a reflection on a vow of silence that Karen took in order for her operatic career to progress—a loss of the language that became quintessential to her personal expression. During the course of this vow, Santos turned to the canvas in order to satisfy her compulsion to articulate affects. Through this diversion of expression, a new language was given life as beautiful abstractions.

By Land, Air and Sea, acrylic on canvas works by Jeff Wilson

Jeff Wilson is a Scottish-born artist drawn to landscape elements that capture a sense of place. Commonly depicting vehicles, signage, mountains, coastlines & animals, Wilson`s realistic acrylics have won him various honours and have toured across North America. His artwork displays an immediate visual impact, illustrating everyday subjects that a wide range of viewers can relate to.