Inspired by a visit to Greece, artist Patrick St. Germain's "Athenes" embraces the beauty of chaos. Created on a recycled painting, layers of acrylic paint, pastels and sand create an abstract field of expressive brushwork. "I came across ruins that were vandalized and destroyed by past wars. There was a certain poetry that came out of the chaos," St. Germain states. CB2 exclusive.

Patrick St. Germain is a Montreal-based artist who works mostly with acrylic paint, resin, metallics and pastels. He describes his style of art as primarily abstract, textural and complex. "I love to explore the grandeur of nature by weaving abstraction and landscape into my own personal visual language."