ABOUT PASCALE
I am a Melbourne portrait artist, painter, illustrator, storyteller and occasional mermaid. I work from my home in the green and leafy artistic suburb of Eltham. I find inspiration in good yarns and small things in the day-to-day, living by “Stories & Memories”. A mother to two young daughters, I exhibit with local art group, Thou Art Mum, an inspiring and supportive network of visual artists who are mothers.
I love faces and bodies! My portraits and figurative studies are mostly in acrylic paint or graphite. The range of artwork includes paintings, illustrations, prints and fan art, as well as commissioned pieces. Recurring themes in my work are shadows, reflections, tattoos, floral blooms, water, disco, the female body, childhood, colour, and Moorish and Art Deco pattern.
I also love what lies beneath the faces and bodies! My passion for reading stories about people began in childhood with a big bookshelf full of books. In my art I explore the human condition through empathy, love, emotion, nostalgia and memory. Time, popular culture, music and literature, cultural background, humour and wordplay are all important ingredients of my storytelling.
I am a Melbourne portrait artist, painter, illustrator, storyteller and occasional mermaid. I work from my home in the green and leafy artistic suburb of Eltham. I find inspiration in good yarns and small things in the day-to-day, living by “Stories & Memories”. A mother to two young daughters, I exhibit with local art group, Thou Art Mum, an inspiring and supportive network of visual artists who are mothers.
I love faces and bodies! My portraits and figurative studies are mostly in acrylic paint or graphite. The range of artwork includes paintings, illustrations, prints and fan art, as well as commissioned pieces. Recurring themes in my work are shadows, reflections, tattoos, floral blooms, water, disco, the female body, childhood, colour, and Moorish and Art Deco pattern.
I also love what lies beneath the faces and bodies! My passion for reading stories about people began in childhood with a big bookshelf full of books. In my art I explore the human condition through empathy, love, emotion, nostalgia and memory. Time, popular culture, music and literature, cultural background, humour and wordplay are all important ingredients of my storytelling.
An advocate for women, I am constantly drawn to the themes of strength and vulnerability in femininity, identifying with “I’m every woman” through my work in a balance between realism and fantasy. An ambassador for Pink Hope, I am also a voice for the Australian breast and ovarian cancer charity which empowers women and their families to take control of their hereditary health through prevention, education and support. To read more of my journey, as well as my relationship with Pink Hope view my Stories.
I like to connect with my enthusiasts and customers on social media! You can find me @pascalegarlingeart on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn if you would like to chit-chat about my art or personal story.
EXHIBITIONS
November 2023, Fairfield Primary School, Art For All, Fairfield, Eltham, Victoria
September 2023, Long Gallery, Montsalvat Arts Centre, Gold, Eltham Victoria
September 2023, Eltham Rotary Club, Eltham Art Show, Eltham, Victoria
June 2023, Red Gallery, The Mother Hood, Fitzroy North, Victoria
April 2023, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat Arts Centre, Be Wise by Pat Cronin Foundation, Eltham Victoria
March 2023, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Carlton, Victoria
March 2023, Robert McCubbins Primary School, Art Show 2023, Box Hill, Victoria
November 2022, Fairfield Primary School, Art For All, Fairfield, Eltham, Victoria
October 2022, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat Arts Centre, Nature’s Story, Eltham Victoria
September 2022, Eltham Rotary Club, Eltham Art Show, Eltham, Victoria
August 2022, Loft 275 Gallery, Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub, Community and Connection, Ivanhoe, Victoria
June 2022, The Boulevard Café at Montsalvat Arts Centre, Heal Thy Selfie (solo show), Eltham, Victoria
May 2022, Eltham Library Community Gallery, The Artistry of Books, Eltham, Victoria
March 2022, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Carlton, Victoria
January 2022, in.cube8r Gallery & Emporium, Rainbow, Fitzroy, Victoria
December 2021, Linden New Art, The Linden Postcard Show, St. Kilda, Victoria
November 2021, The Boulevard, Montsalvat, Silhouettes, Eltham, Victoria
October 2021, Out of the Vault, presented online by Thou Art Mum
October 2021, Eltham Art Show, presented online by the Rotary Club of Eltham
June 2021, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, Momentum, Eltham, Victoria
April 2021, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Be Wise, a Fundraiser for the Pat Cronin Foundation, Eltham, Victoria
November 2020, The Escapism of Creativity, presented online by Thou Art Mum
February 2020, MREAM, Frida, Maidstone, Victoria
February 2020, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Destruction, Beauty & Hope, a Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fundraiser, Eltham, Victoria
December 2019, The Stockroom Gallery, 12×12, Clifton Hill, Victoria
November 2019, fortyfivedownstairs, SMALL!, Melbourne, Victoria
November 2019, The Vines Café, Full Circle, Diamond Creek, Victoria
May 2019, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, Out of the Blue, Eltham, Victoria
April 2019, in.cube8r Gallery & Emporium, Suburban Oasis, Fitzroy, Victoria
March 2019, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Carlton, Victoria
March 2019, Yarra Glen Art Show, Yarra Glen, Victoria
February 2019, in.cube8r Gallery & Emporium, Charity Fundraiser Art Auction, Fitzroy, Victoria
January 2019, BlackCat Gallery, Femina Extravaganza, Collingwood, Victoria
January 2019, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fifty Squared, Fitzroy, Victoria
December 2018, The Stockroom Gallery, 12×12, Clifton Hill, Victoria
November 2018, Linden New Art, The Linden Postcard Show, St. Kilda, Victoria
October 2018, The Vines Café, Contrast, Diamond Creek, Victoria
September 2018, Fairfield Primary School, Art4All, Fairfield, Victoria
August 2018, Hurstbridge Primary School, Artsbridge, Hurstbridge, Victoria
July 2018, in.cube8r Gallery and Emporium, Galactic, Fitzroy, Victoria
May 2018, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, In The Pink (Curator), Eltham, Victoria
April 2018, in.cube8r Gallery and Emporium, True Love, Fitzroy, Victoria
March 2018, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Carlton, Victoria
March 2018, in.cube8r Gallery and Emporium, I See You, Fitzroy, Victoria
February 2018, BSIDE Gallery, NSFW, Fitzroy, Victoria
January 2018, BlackCat Gallery, Face To Face, Collingwood, Victoria
December 2017 , The Vines Café, Grids, Diamond Creek, Victoria
July 2017, Volumes Café, Green With Envy, Eltham, Victoria
May 2017, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, What Lies Beneath, Eltham, Victoria
December 2016, The Vines Café, Meet Me @, Diamond Creek, Victoria
October 2016, Interiors By Riveresque, Spring @ Home, Warrandyte, Victoria
April 2016, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, Scarlet Stories, Eltham, Victoria
June 2015, The Vines Café, Desaturate, Diamond Creek, Victoria
May 2015, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, Up, Up and Away, Eltham, Victoria
EDUCATION & MEMBERSHIPS
I studied a Bachelor of Arts in French and Fine Art (Major: Paint) at the University of Exeter, south-west England, for four years from 1996 with a placement at the European Academy of Art in Brittany (Ecole Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne), Rennes, France, in 1998/99. I graduated with Combined Honours in 2000 and completed a BTEC Professional Development Certificate in Interior Design at WAES, London, in the following year, 2000/1. I relocated to Melbourne, Australia, in 2005, became an Australian citizen in 2007, and continued to work in the Interior Design industry until 2017. I joined north-east Melbourne network, Thou Art Mum, as a member-artist in 2013 and Regional Arts Victoria in 2017. I completed a NEIS New Small Business short course at Holmesglen, Melbourne, in 2017.
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