Brother John's Banquet

ARTIST: George Pascalis
ARTWORK DESCRIPTION:
Still-life: Brother John’s banquet.
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas,
50cm (W) x 40cm (H)

Once again, Jan Davidszoon de Heem provided me with the inspiration for this painting ‘Brother John’s banquet’.

Jan Davidszoon was one of the best-known names of still-life painting in the art movement of the Dutch and Flemish Baroque painting school.

However, my style and brush strokes are more impressionistic rather than Flemish. Nonetheless, I maintain the traditional Flemish Baroque technique of using a lot of oil glazes to create a sense of mood in my paintings.

This is highly evident in this particular oil, where the low light ambiance from mid-tones to very dark shadows, simulate the nuance of 16th-century Dutch masters.

This composition was invented and composed by me from fifteen separate free sourced photographic libraries.

My painting is a tribute to my late brother, John Michael Pascalis, who delighted in entertaining our family and friends with his Christmas banquets.

As the eldest son of Greek migrant parents, he was the patriarch of the Pascalis family before his passing, a guiding light much loved and respected by us all.

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George Pascalis––Artist CVGold Coast Queensland Artist Career: For most of my professional working life, I lived and worked in Sydney, as an Artist, Senior Art Director, and Artist-Illustrator, working for numerous Ad Agencies, and Art & Graphic Design Studios; whilst always exploring and developing my Fine-Art skills and passion for Art, (life drawing, life portrait painting, landscape, still life, and contemporary modern abstract art). During my time in Sydney, I was self-employed as a Freelance-Artist for the Art and Advertising Industry, at different levels of capacity, obtaining very high standards in conceptual Advertising Art, Graphic Design, and Illustrative-Artworks; winning a few Artwork and Art-Direction awards along the way.*Winner of the Australian Writers and Art Directors 1986 Advertising Award for Design and Art-Illustration. *Illustrating Australian native birds for a series of BHP Stainless Steel calendars. *Designing/Illustrating booklets and brochures. *Impressionist painters for press campaign by management consultants Deloitte Touche Thomatsu. *Australian native animals for press campaign for Yeramba Estates.My passion for Art, has taken me to all the Art movements, to experiment, different methods of painting. To best describe myself and my work is to say, I’ve always searched for new ground to explore, with different ways to create; trying new methods, in the search of excellence, within recognised Art movements. My artwork creating these days; is done in a capacity of an individual, which is more focused on a personal and private recreational pursuit, e.i. a hobbyist, who is wholly creating for private enjoyment.