Main Street Views: Three Perspectives: DAVID WILSON, SARAH KIDNER, JILL THOMSON

Main streets are where we find the restaurants, bars, specialty shops, and other local and independent stores that fuel our city core and neighborhood hubs -- they are the lifeblood of social engagement. These spaces are not only the heart of commerce but the soul of their surrounding communities.

Today our main streets stand silent as people wisely stay home. Gibson Fine Art is pleased, meanwhile, to present a group show by three gallery artists who offer a creative take on our urban landscapes and the people that populate them.

Wilson explains the prevalence of rainy urban scenes, "Water, or fluidity, is a pervasive theme that runs through so much of my work. I live in the Pacific Northwest, an area renowned for the unenviable amounts of rain that falls each year. To live here one often develops a love-hate relationship with this sort of weather. And inevitably this overabundance of rain informs much of the work I create. In spite of its possible negative connotations, there is a universal appeal to rain soaked city streets that evokes something entirely visceral."

All hailing from Western Canada, each of the three artists have a distinct vision born from their unique environments. Their works reflect the distinctive aspects of their respective worlds that are the most impactful to each of them. What differentiates them as individual artists is also what connects them: they imbue their work with true heart and passion for the urban landscape.