Commission

Acrylic on fine art paper

45W x 30Hcm

August 2018

BREAKING DIAMONDS is a commissioned painting of a reclining floating woman, inspired by mermaids in the BREATHE series. She was painted to complement the colours of an interior fabric and fit with the words: chartreuse, pale blue, teal, inky blue, sunbeams, movement, vitality, landscape. As I painted her I named her Karin, meaning ‘pure’, and imagined she was floating in the Adriatic sea off Slovenia.

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Acrylic on canvas (unframed)

This is Julie-mermie, otherwise known as talented Melbourne artist and jewellery maker Fickle Nellie. She is just as beautiful as a mermaid as she is in real life. (Maybe not quite so pale.)

Inspired by Shirley-mermie, SNARE, this commission was a joy to complete. It is also a surprise gift for Julie’s wedding anniversary: yes, she is his fintastic catch of two decades!

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Acrylic on fine art paper

30 x 45cm (unframed)

November 2017

This underwater love was commissioned by a husband as a surprise birthday present for his wife. She had really liked Sink Back Into The Ocean 1, an underwater mermaid, sold at Thou Art Mum Green With Envy exhibition in August 2017. Together we worked on finding an image he thought she would connect with and then a little bit harder on keeping it a secret!

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BREATHE series

[Shirley Manson as a mermaid.]

Acrylic on canvas (unframed)

30 x 30 cm

Thou Art Mum exhibition GRIDS, 2 December 2017 – 31 January 2018, The Vines Cafe, Diamond Creek

I painted Shirley Manson as a mermaid caught in a net after hearing her discuss feminism (equality) and the idea that there is a global movement towards eradicating women’s rights.

Today’s world is quite different to the one I thought it would be when I was studying at uni in the Nineties and listening to Stupid Girl, a song about female empowerment. Twenty years on I feel angry and helpless about it, floating and drowning in my usual mermie way.

SNARE is an exploration of the daily fight for rights by women in a society which is more caught up than ever in the superficiality of what women look like and not the importance of what they are made of.

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Sink Back Into The Ocean 1 & 2 are acrylic paintings inspired by mermaids, even though you can’t see any evidence of their tails. They explore feeling vulnerable but protected all at the same time – a state of sinking and floating.

JACQUI’S TESTIMONIAL

“I’d been looking for some unique art for a while.  When I saw Pascale’s Brigitte Bardot black and white painting I knew I needed a Pascale Garlinge original! Unfortunately, the Brigitte painting was too small for the space I wanted to fill.  Unsure of exactly what I wanted, I asked her to commission me something beautiful and unique. However, when I saw the beginnings of her two ‘green with envy’ exhibition paintings I knew they were meant for me. That was it, perfect, and I am so happy with them – they fit the space perfectly! Thank you, Pascale.”

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A painting inspired by mermaids, even though there is no evidence of a tail. It explores feeling vulnerable and protected all at the same time – a state of sinking and floating.

Inspired by the colour of living grasses and leaves, creatures both real and imaginary emit a green hue and the colour green becomes a symbol of life, hope and envy.

Exhibited at Green With Envy, Volumes Café, Eltham

August 2017

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