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On Machu Picchu in Peru with my
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General Biographical Page
REVIEW EXCEPT
Newtown Bee, Newtown CT. Mar 7, 1986
Review by Mother Placid, Mother Superior of the
Benedictine Monastic Community and Art Director at the Abbey of Regina
Laudis in Bethlehem, CT.
"...The brilliant luminescent colors which characterize Mr. Pantas' abstract
work express an optimistic exuberance. His canvases explore a universe which
offers man a message of meaningfulness and hope. As a painter, Mr. Pantas
can be situated in a line that includes the modern "field" painters and
abstract expressionists, yet the poetic intensity of his art is highly
reminiscent of the great English landscape painter William Turner."
"...The artist has an extensive scientific background as an ecologist and as a researcher in the field of parapsychology. The forms which fill his canvases suggest suddenly unfolding sea anemones or bits of swaying coral and the vibrating galaxies and constellations that appear in most of his paintings reflect his preoccupation with space. The artist aims to unite the "visual space" of the painter with the "outer space" of the spiritual person."
"...The strong affirmative statement that his art makes about life, its suffering and joys and its meaning is not easily come by; and his work is all the more compelling for that life experience."
"...The process of painting itself is for Pantas part of his exploration into the unknown for he attempts to work with the prevailing natural and creative spiritual energies of the universe flowing though him in interaction with the media and the environment. This is a method that is akin to the artistic disciplines of the ancient Zen Masters in their paintings and works of calligraphy. It is also in accord with the latest discoveries of Modern Quantum Physics which recognize the active participation of the subject continually participating in the co-creation of objective reality."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Fairview Town Crier, Fairview, NC
Aug 1999
Asheville Citizen Times, Asheville, NC May 24, 1998
Asheville Citizen Times, Asheville, NC Nov 16, 1994
Asheville Citizen Times, Asheville, NC. Dec11, 1990
The Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT. Oct 31, 1998
WGCH Radio, Stamford CT March 5, 1998
-"The Cosmic Connection" Barbara Hartwell interview
The Washington Post, Washington, DC. Dec 11 1987
The Greenwich News, Greenwich, CT. Apr 17,1987
The Newton Bee, Newton, CT. Mar 7, 1986
The Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT. Mar 15, 1986
The Catholic Transcript, Hartford, CT. Mar 14, 1986
The Greenwich News, Greenwich CT. Dec 19, 1985
The Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT. Dec 16, 1985
The Gazette, Old Greenwich, CT. Oct 16, 1985
The Peterborough Transcript, Peterborough, NH. June 20, 1985
The Monadnock Ledger, Peterborough, NH. June 13, 1985
The Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT. Nov 17, 1984
The Catholic Transcript, Hartford, CT. Oct 19, 1984
EXHIBITIONS
2006
Private exhibition of the first eight paintings completed in the Liza's Reef
series. Held at artist's residence in Fairview, North Carolina
1992
The Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC -"Images
of Faith"
-"Mask II"
The Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain, NC
1991
The Gallery at the Broadway Arts
Building, Asheville, NC
The Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain, NC
1990
The Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain,
NC
1989
Grace Harkin Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
-"East
Village Express"
-"East Soho Art"
-"Legends Now"
Berkeley Manor Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Grace Harkin Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
-"Critics, Collectors, Cache"
1988
Grace Harkin Gallery, Soho, New York, NY -"Christmas
Show"
Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT
Greenwich Art Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1987
Paul IV Institute For The Arts, Washington,
DC
-"The Life Exhibit"
Mead School Gallery, Greenwich, CT
-"A Professional Art Exhibit"
Albertus Magnus College Gallery, New Haven, CT
-"2nd Annual National
Juried Exhibition"
1986
Regina Laudis Gallery, Bethlehem, CT
Olin Corporation, Stamford, CT
Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Passaic County Community College Gallery, Paterson, NJ
Albertus Magnus College Gallery, New Haven, Ct
-"1st Annual National
Juried Exhibition"
Westfield Gallery, Westfield, NJ -"Festival of Religious Art"
1985
Horizon Gallery, Houston, TX
Champion International Corporation Gallery, Stamford, CT
New Canaan Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Illuminarium-Isis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Phillips-Cowan Gallery, Houston, TX
Johnson NASA Space Center Gallery, Houston, TX
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, White Plains, NY
Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
1984
Saint Catherine of Sienna Church Gallery,
Riverside, CT
Portfolio Gallery, Port Chester, NY
Lincoln Center, New York NY -"Fordham University -Contemporary Spiritual
Art"
GTE Corporation Gallery, Stamford, CT
New Canaan Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Brooklyn College Gallery, Brooklyn NY
-"Contemporary Religious Art"
1983
Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY
Perrot Memorial Library, Old Greenwich, CT