Salvador Sanchez’s surreal self-portraits and futuristic landscapes take center stage in a new exhibit at the Queen City Art Gallery at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital.

Sanchez explores the unique perspective of a person who was born hearing, suffered hearing loss as a child and was suddenly deafened in early adulthood. “The Journal of Deaf Life” outlines his journey to wholeness, along with the many complicated emotions that came with his deafness.

“Being able to express my feelings of loss through my art became an asset that changed the way I see deafness and life as a whole,” said Sanchez, a multimedia artist, illustrator, animator and graphic designer from New Rochelle. His vivid colors and evocative imagery juxtapose the realistic with the fantastical in an intense collection of oil paintings.