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“Seven Miles”, acrylic on canvas;Dec 3-21 Deirdre Roberts, “TheMagic of Prague and Vienna”, watercolours.Xchanges Gallery6E-2333 Government St✆250-382-0442www.xchangesgallery.orgsat & sun 12-4pm. Nov 4-27 SandraDoore, “Horizontal Desires”, acontinuum of Doore’s efforts toinvestigate our sense of self in a culturethat is mainly driven by expressionand desires, with her new workshe intends to temporarily turn theXchanges gallery space into a placeof ‘sensual resistance’; Dec 2-23Winter Exhibition, annual groupexhibition featuring themes of ‘Winter’and ‘Member’s Best of 2011’;Jan 6-29 Joan Richardson, “EyeThrill”, recent works from Richardson’sStripe Series of abstract paintingswhich take 20th century colourfield painting in a contemporarydirection using process art methods.WEST VANCOUVERBellevue Gallery2475 Bellevue Ave ✆604-922-2304www.bellevuegallery.catues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pmor by appt. Thru Nov 12 MarionLlewellyn, “Snow Asylum”, newseries of paintings uses historicalimagery, soft colour and delicatedetail to capture the visual metaphorsof her experience with post traumaticstress disorder; Thru Dec-Jan “ArticulatingProsperity”, rotating groupexhibition featuring small pieces andnew and unique works by galleryartists Gillian Armitage, ChrisAnderson, Wayne Eastcott, MichaelElkan, Erica Grimm-Vance andMichiko Suzuki.Buckland Southerst Gallery2460 Marine Dr ✆604-922-1915www.bucklandsoutherst.common-sat 10am-5:30pm sun 12-4pm.Introducing the work of Mena Martini,Lynda Shalagan, Adam Noonan,Ken Faulks and Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki; also featuring open landscapesby Ieva Baklane; still life andlandscapes by Alessandra Bitelli;intimate interiors by Larry Bracegirdle;European market and gardenscenes by Wilson Chu; street scenesCedars, 20 x 24 inches, oil on canvasDusan DodicPaintings of Westcoast ScenesTel: 604-469-0743dushansart@gmail.comand cityscapes by Morgan Dunnet;still life and streets by Brian Harvey;Tuscan and Sicilian landscapes byRita Monaco; landscapes by IolaScott; European scenes by HenryHuai Xu and glimpses of life by LorenaZiraldo.Ferry Building Gallery, WestVancouver Cultural Services1414 Argyle Ave, Ambleside Landing✆604-925-7290www.ferrybuildinggallery.comtues-sun 11am-5pm. Nov 1-13Occam’s Razor: Mike Wakefield,photography; Nov 18-Dec 17 GreatStuff: Christmas Art and Gifts; Jan10-29 Nicola Morgan, FarahnazSamari, Nasser Ghaderi, ArnoldCorin Sworn, Endless Renovation (2011),mixed media installation [ContemporaryArt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Nov 18-Jan 15]Nouwens, Kurt Connell and AidenFisher-Lang, “For the Love ofColour”, mixed media.Gallery Jones1531 Marine Dr ✆604-926-2233www.galleryjones.comtues-fri 11am-6pm sat 12-5pm andby appt. Nov-Jan Rotating selectionof Canadian and international artistsincluding Aspell, Cathelin, Abraham,Vasarely, Singer, Nizam, Schaller,Etrog, Morgan and Chadwick.Silk Purse Arts CentreWest Vancouver Community ArtsCouncil, 1570 Argyle Ave✆604-925-7292 www.silkpurse.catues-sun 12-5pm. Nov 1-13 LucyGodwin, “Skulls & Skeletons: Alive!”,paintings, a vibrant and fun look at theAfterlife combining influences fromNew York street art, Dia de los Muertosand Africa; Nov 15-27 “TripleTake”, three artists explore the naturalworld around us in three differentmediums, Maureen Coles, acrylicpaintings; Rosa Jafari Saghani,ceramic and bronze sculpture; ShereeJones, oil painting; Nov 29-Dec 4Capilano University IDEA (Image andwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 67