Pancho Malezanov - 'After The Corona'

PANCHO MALEZANOV

Pancho Malezanov: “I was born in 1964. I started painting seriously at age 15. That was the time when I was accepted into the School for Applied Arts in my home town Sofia.

I couldn’t imagine working anything else. For me, painting was always my “call”. In my teenage years I was strongly influenced by Bulgarian artist – Greddy Assa. Hundertwasser’s works also inspired me a lot.

My first paintings were mostly abstract landscapes. I painted with oil and pastel. This “period” continued about 5 years. For me, nature is large part of my inner peace; therefore painting nature brought out my “self”.

I would dare to call my landscapes “flying landscapes”. Hence, I see most images in my head from “above”, or from a “bird’s” point of view. This approach characterizes the majority of my landscape works.

I do my best in my work when I feel the presence of love. For me, the presence and the inspiration of the loved one plays important role.

Later, my work “evolved” with painting still nature, birds, animals, and some particular “machineries”: laptops, airplanes, boats, and submarines. I had a special vision on how to include those objects in my paintings.

Music, and most particularly jazz, play very important role in my life and in my work. Jazz gives me a lot, so I feel obligated to “give back” to jazz through my paintings.

I also work on graphic design. My logos can be seen on major ads. I designed the logo for the largest sports newspaper in Bulgaria.”

The prominent art critic Maximilian Kirov wrote about the artist: "As an artist Pancho Malezanov always prefers to interact with nature directly, but it is difficult to call him a landscape artist in the exact meaning of the term. He is not interested in particular details, but prefers to unite the entire scenery through a randomly situated point of view, which does not take into account the horizon line or the static position from which each natural object is seen. This point of view almost always has a peculiar “bird’s plan view”, which allows him to contemplate a panoramic scene. This is a “bird’s eye vision” where the retina captures separate aspects of reality during the very flight. Consequently, it is difficult to imagine the author’s micro cosmos via traditional concepts as up, down, left or right. In Bulgarian painting only the Great Kazakov has ever dared to depict nature in this way. Nevertheless, Malezanov is not his imitator but a true continuer of this graphic principle."

The Handsome (Mercedes Benz) Oil on canvas, 84 x 145 cm, 2020

Bently Oil on canvas, 89 x 130 cm, 2017

Cadillack Oil on canvas, 65 x 120 cm, 2017

Fiat Oil on canvas, 90 x 132 cm, 2017

Maybach Oil on canvas, 80 x 125 cm, 2017

Jeep Oil on canvas, 65 x 82 cm, 2020

Mini Oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, 2016

Mercedes Oil on canvas, 85 x 120 cm, 2016

Rolls Royce Oil on canvas, 88 x 133 cm, 2017

BMW Oil on canvas, 68 x 105 cm, 2018

Mercedes 300 Oil on canvas, 70 x 130 cm, 2016

Lancia Oil on canvas, 90 x 132 cm, 2017

Citroen Oil on canvas 105 x 89 cm 2017

Lady Horse Oil on canvas, 100 x 125 cm, 2016

I Love Amsterdam Oil on canvas, 80 x 130 cm, 2016

The Big Apple Oil on canvas 120 x 75 cm 2020

Wimbledon Oil on canvas, 60 x 120 cm, 2020

Butterfly Oil on canvas 106 x 114 cm 2017

The Eyes Of The Tiger Oil on canvas 90 x 100 cm 2020

Leo Oil on canvas 105 x 120 cm 2017

The Lioness Oil on canvas 90 x 105 cm 2020

Hay Hill Stillife Oil on canvas, 90 x 122 cm, 2013

Piranha (Stockbroker) Oil on canvas, 92 x 140 cm, 2011

London Bus Oil on canvas, 93 x 125 cm, 2013

Tulips Oil on canvas, 85 x 140 cm, 2016

Fishing Boats Oil on canvas, 92 x 124 cm, 2013

Flying Landscapes Oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, 2011

Love Couple Oil on canvas, 95 x 125 cm, 2011

Swan Lake Oil on canvas, 105 x 142 cm, 2017

Cormorant Oil on canvas, 92 x 115 cm, 2012

Office-Piranhas Oil on canvas, 120 x 145 cm, 2011

Landing Parrot Oil on canvas, 93 x 133 cm, 2013

Parrot Oil on canvas 10 x 120 cm 2017

Eagle Eyes Oil on canvas 105 x 110 cm 2017

Colibri Oil on canvas, 107 x 145 cm, 2014

Grasshopper Oil on canvas, 93 x 115 cm, 2012

Houses In Storm Oil on canvas, 120 x 145 cm, 2011

Houses Oil on canvas 103 x 93 cm 2012

Jumbo Jet Oil on canvas, 92 x 120 cm, 2012

Piano Oil on canvas, 93 x 115 cm, 2012

Music Oil and acrylic on canvas, 92 x 120 cm, 2013

The Eye Oil on canvas, 59 x 114 cm, 2019

The Forest Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm 2020

The Bush Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm 2020

Gravity 2 Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm 2020

Gravity 1 Acrylic and oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm 2020

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