PASCALE TAURUA A native of France, Pascale is fascinated by the power and beauty of fashion. The former Miss France draws upon her glamorous lifestyle (which has included dating a prince!) for her contemporary figurative creations. Conveying the empowerment of fashion through mood, colour, atmosphere and texture, she aims to inspire self-love and confidence through her oil paintings. Her studio walls are adorned with drawings, photographs and images from magazines, which she amalgamates to create figures that are both personal and universal. She believes the strength of her work derives from the emotional impact that she weaves into each piece. Pascale says: “Like painting, sculpture or dance, clothes are a way of expressing sensitivity and a vision of the world. My work is not a question of delivering a ‘beautiful body’ subjected to canonical rules of plastic success, but a fashion world that is a way of expressing oneself with one’s body.”
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