'Catfight: Encounter Number 3’. I gave this title to this painting. In the previous weeks there were two other pictures in this series of three that were uploaded. This is the last.
Important Correction: I have been informed by Daniel Pascarelli that this is not a painting by him. Friends and admirers have sent me early works of his and stated that they were Pascarellis, and that is the case here. I had no reason to question these three renderings because they are in the superb, though early style of Daniel. However, the integrity of the artist is such that he will not take credit for what is not his. My problem is I don’t know who did these remarkable works of art, and if any viewer knows, please inform me and I will contact the actual artist and submit my written apologies, and seek his/her permission to keep them in my DA Site.
While this is pending, the following is the original writeup I did when I thought Daniel was the artist. I include it here because it is still apropos to his talent, just not to this picture.
Now, there are times when I take liberties in titling Daniel’s work, and this is one of them; but I take no liberty in admiring his artistic genius. The full name of the artist who did this rendering is Daniel Omar Pascarelli, which is how he wants me to write out the checks I sent to him for commissioned works. In the past I only included one black and white (B&W) illustration of his works on my site, all the rest were in color. Now, in this series that I am presenting of his works, which I’m uploading at the rate of one per week, they alternate between B&W and color, or how he spells it – The British way: ‘Colour’. And here is one of the coloured ones. Since he left New York to move back to his native Argentina, I guess he can spell that word any way he wants. Although he is regarded as a ‘Fantasy Artist’, I consider Pascarelli as the finest ‘Catfight’ artist ever. He can create women who are downright menacing – Of which this rendering is not one of them. Here is his visual fantasy imagination at its finest. However he also can display at the same time his tongue-in-cheek humor in his catfights, which is coupled with terrific painting ability, in both color and detail. Needless to say I consider Daniel in that limited pantheon of fantasy painters, such as: Frazetta, Vallejo, and Achilleos. As concerns the ‘DA’ censors, they contacted me back in September 2009 asking for written confirmation of his permission for me to display his works, in which I complied. This issue of copyrights has always been a sore point with a lot of members of Deviant Art who upload artworks. But there are serious legal and financial penalties that the ‘DA’ Company can be subjected to if they do not show due diligence. I too chafe under these rules, but I understand and comply. Because of the world-wide economy, the art market is rather depressed; but luckily for all of us, Daniel is now accepting painting commissions from private individuals. He can be reached at his (danielpascarelli.com) website link or his link: [link]
'Nuff said. Enjoy. Drew