State-of-the-Arts Gallery is delighted to present our winter exhibition by the contemporary French artist Christian Pendelio on 1st Dec – 31st Dec. This series has a few winter themed works that will get everyone in the mood for Christmas.

Christian Pendelio was born in 1967 in Toulouse, France, of Britannic parents. His first vocation was making comic strips and he has always painted. His main influences are the Surrealists who undoubtedly lead to his way of expression. He is self-taught but this has not stopped him from selling his works from a young age, starting with classic watercolour.

Today his paintings are a long way from this, they depict otherworldly scenes that capture the viewer’s imagination. Here the characters are inseparable from their environment, their reality and dreams are bound in a parallel universe. We see a world where it is normal for angels to appear as fishermen, girls as gardens of hope, stars as musicians and flying fish. In this world the rules are reversed, men are even sometimes in the charge of animals.

Christian likes to provide a base for the viewer’s imagination to expand upon. There is certainly detail, but his art works as a stepping stone for us to develop our own story based on our past, present and even our dreams. Christian has exhibited in many venues over both France and Hong Kong, encouraging a little imagination wherever he goes.