With a unique combination of figurative art with elements of the French street art aesthetic, Pascale creates powerful and sensual artworks that celebrate the beauty of fashion as a form of self-expression. Her earlier career, heavily focused on the fashion industry, introduced Pascale to the idea of painting her memories and exploring the multitude of influences of the fashion world and how clothing has such a strong impact on how they make people feel. The artist newest collection is a combination of those influences with more focus on the celebration of confident female figures. Mainly inspired by strong female characters, the artworks are bold statements in celebration of being happy in your own skin and to demonstrate the female strength and power.
Her sensual paintings often feature classic French brands, including Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and more.
Pascale Taurua has been painting since her youth, and has also worked as a model, and 1978's Miss France. In the seventies, the Miss World competition was targeted by feminist protesters because of the way it objectified women, yet the world of the beauty queen empowered Pascale, who walked away from the title after six months, and she used the experience positively. "It was a short period of time, but it has still marked my life," she says. "The positive thing about being Miss France was that it gave me a way of thinking that I could use; that we should not be at the mercy of others."
The artist, who lives in Paris, explores the complexities of life as a 21st century woman in her series of oil paintings. Pascale’s figurative artworks express a burning passion for self-expression through the use of colour and texture.
Her studio walls are adorned with drawings, photographs and images from magazines, which she fuses to create figures that are both personal and universal. Painting on canvas with extra-fine oil, she blocks in her sketch before allowing the piece to choose its own direction.
Fusing themes of feminism with razor-sharp observation, Pascale’s figurative pieces present fashion as an art of conquest. Her sensual paintings have often featured classic French fashion brands, honouring the use of fashion as a form of self-expression.
In her pieces, it’s the female form which takes centre stage, filling the canvas with a focus on light, colour and confidence from the inside out. Each piece shows strength, power, and diversity through the striking poses that Pascale has chosen, bringing out the individual form, enhanced, rather than defined by fashion.
These ultra-modern statement pieces are a true celebration of being happy in your own skin, portraying positive self-expression and bold energy, dominating the canvas with their confidence. A dynamic range of colour and compositions have been used to bring a vibrant and striking element to each piece.
Using large brush strokes of oil paint Pascale has given texture to the painting’s story, while still capturing a soft, romantic feel from the range of tones created through light and shadow. She has used a range of pastel colours to create highlights on the skin, building a distinctive dynamic between the textures and patterns. The minimal backgrounds include a wide range of colour and texture to make the figures pop the forefront of the piece.
Bold, vibrant and contemporary, Pascale Taurua launches a new collection of stunning original artworks combining her stylistically figurative art with the vivid colour of the French street art aesthetic. In brilliant colour and confident brushstrokes, Pascale vividly depicts the female form as bold, dauntless and modern in an expressive celebration of powerful women.
It's in Pascale's original artworks that power of the women the artist paints shine through. Amongst collector's favourites, the originals tend to sell out!
Pascale Taurua brings her sense of Parisian chic to a stunning new collection, À Sa Place, meaning “in her shoes”. The pieces in the collection highlight stylish footwear and accessories; ‘Mon Chanel’ featuring a pair of leopard-print sandals and a chic quilted handbag, and 'Elegance Hermès Et Manolo Blahnik’, which showcases classic blue stilettoes and a leather bag.
This International Women's Day, channel your inner empowerment and join us in celebrating the amazing artistic talents Scarlett Raven, Pascale Taurua and more female artists at Castle Fine Art.
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