Jim Pavlidis 'Opera' still life stripping away all non-essential detail

stripping away all non-essential detail to focus purely on the primal forces at play

picturing a starry night sky where this rooftop scene could be nothing more than a dream

and Living and the Dead

swipe of yellow and wash of textured blue slashed with white

The painting resonates with theatrical stillness and restrained emotionality—qualities for which Stokes’s figure-based works are celebrated

Jim Pavlidis 'Opera' still life stripping away all non-essential detailJim Pavlidis is a contemporary artist, illustrator, and printmaker based in Melbourne. A former visual journalist and illustrator at The Age, Pavlidis has become recognisable for his references to Australian iconography, including representations of AFL players in action, and depictions of Melbourne urban landscapes. Through his works, Pavlidis often explores scenes of everyday, domestic living in the mundane, the artist finds unexpected beauty. In