Whoa. These lovely acrylic paintings are all from a series titled “Shrouds” by today’s member in the spotlight, Vancouver based artist Jana Rayne MacDonald: In this series, Jana ventures further into the language of cloth, through the critical element of the obscured body. Here, surface and substance collide while communicating the ‘social self’ of both viewer and objective self. What is not shown is most important. This self is left fully to the interpretation of the viewer. The work elicits often contradictory and confused emotions based on personal, cultural and political memories, allowances and fears; often misunderstood and possibly even unjustified. Hence, the beauty of the work can be simultaneously uncomfortable.