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Pasta
Pantaleo Pasta Pantaleo has emerged as one of the hottest new marine artists in America today. His popularity can be attributed to his diverse talents and extraordinary creativity. His images vary from realistic pelagic fishing scenes to panoramic underwater seascapes. Pasta also shows his versatility by creating a variety of art in addition to fine art on canvas. He is an accomplished muralist who enjoys living and painting large. Several of his murals featuring game fish are located on the buildings of businesses in Florida. He has also created images on fiberglass fish mounts using various techniques that display his unique imagination. His fine art has been featured on the covers of “South Florida Sport Fishing Magazine” and his original paintings have been displayed at the International Game Fish Association Museum and Hall of Fame. Linda Irwin of the IGFA notes that Pasta is very true to the species and knows how fish move. Pasta is also interested in the conservation of marine resources and he holds a seat on the state board for the Coastal Conservation Association of Florida. Pasta has a flair for graphics as well as fine art. He has created original artworks, t-shirt designs and posters for many of the top fishing tournaments in the Florida Keys, and now for the Key Largo and Islamorada TriFecta Tournament Series with the artwork that graces our trophies and our own t-shirts. He also has his own line of fishing apparel under the label Reel Life. His talent enables him to capture the motion of a fish and translate it to a graphical element that evokes mood and motion. Pasta was born “Roberto Pantaleo” in Italy in 1958. His family moved to Brooklyn when he was a young boy and remained in New York until relocating to South Florida in the 1970’s. His talent was evident since he was a young boy and one of the first inspired images he drew was of a sailfish mount displayed at Coney Island. Although he was not old enough to engage in sport fishing, he remembers being fascinated by the structure and features of the billfish and being compelled to paint it. It was not until this millennium that Pasta would paint billfish and other marine life as a professional artist. In 2000, Pasta was operating his sign and graphic studio when he was given the opportunity to create a piece of cover art for the Saltwater Slam fishing tournament. The image struck a chord with fishing enthusiasts and demand for his marine art began. To learn more about the artist and to view his artwork, please visit:
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