A Bright Mark Left
A Bright Mark Left is a collaboration between three
Vancouver-based visual artists—Shannon Pawliw, Charlene Vickers, and Jean Paul
Langlois. While each artist works across various media, their practices centre
on large-scale, colour-saturated painting. The title refers to the afterimage
effect: the visual echo of a complementary colour that lingers in your
perception—a flash, a burn, a bright silhouette that stays with you.
Colour tells stories, conveys emotion, and shapes perception. Each artist’s
approach—whether grounded in ancestral connections, pop culture motifs, or
quiet forms of protest—demonstrates how colour can embody histories,
identities, and complex emotional landscapes. The resulting exhibition becomes
a chromatic language that transcends words, inviting viewers to interpret and
connect in deeply personal ways.
Through imaginative, surreal uses of bright colours and references to cultural artifacts such as science fiction, cartoons, and mythic landscapes, the works in A Bright Mark Left position colour as a portal to alternative realities, spaces of belonging, and transformation. Each artist explores colour as a means to transcend boundaries—whether cultural, historical, or conceptual.
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