Accolades

2007 IGFA Inshore Artist of the Year   For the second consecutive year, Pasta has been named as the 2007 IGFA Inshore Artist of the Year. He has updated the desig of the tournament logo which will once again be used for this year's tournament apparel. The Inshore World Championship will be held in Islamorada July 8 through July 11, 2007. IGFA Sculptor David Wirth, Debby Pantaleo and IGFA Artist Pasta Pantaleo at the 2007 Annual IGFA Fundraiser at the Breakers in Palm Beach 2006 Rolex / IGFA Inshore artist of the year Pasta was chosen as the 2006 Rolex/IGFA Inshore artist of the year. In addition to having his artwork used for the tournament magazine, his stylized version of the Rolex IGFA tournament logo was used on all of the tournament apparel.

2006 Coastal Conservation Association Artist of the Year - Broward Chapter Pasta will be speaking as both the Broward Chapter President and CCA Artist of the Year at the Annual CCA Banquet held November 11, 2006, at the International Game Fish Hall of Fame and Museum in Dania, Florida. He has donated the above original painting that will be sold at live auction during the event to benefit the CCA. All attendees of the fundraising banquet will receive a signed limited edition print of this tarpon print titled, "Cleared for Landing."

Redbone Journal 2006 Summer Edition Cover Artist

"Aim High" was chosen as the cover art for the 2006 summer edition of the Redbone Journal. Pasta Pantaleo was the featured artist in this issue and images of many of his paintings appeared in the magazine. Original paintings and limited edition fine art prints by Pasta are available at The Redbone Gallery located in Islamorada, Florida. Redbone is an organization created "To Catch the Cure for Cystic Fybrosis" The Treasure Coast Directory is distributed from Palm Beach to Palm Bay on the east coast of Florida. The painting featured on the cover is "Aggressive Nature" and was a perfect fit for the Palm Beach region which is considered to be the sailfish capital of the world!     The Florida Keys Phone Book is distributed from Key Largo to Sugarloaf Key, Florida. This edition featured Pasta's painting, "Daily Special," which won 2nd Place in the 2006 Excellence in Cover Design and Art-Print, presented by the Association of Directory Publishers.     The Islamorada Chamber of Commerce chose Pasta's painting, "Fresh Mahi" as the cover art for their 2006 - 2007 directory publication.

South Florida Sport Fishing Magazine Cover Artist Pasta's artwork was featured on the cover of South Florida Sport Fishing Magazine over 10 times! Below are some images of cover art.

Poster Artist for Katrina Relief Concert - 2005

Pasta was chosen to design the poster art for the Florida Keys for Katrina Relief Concert featuring Bo Didley. The commemorative poster was used in the fundraising effort to benefit Katrina victims. Ironically the concert date on the poster is printed as October 23, 2005. Hurricane Wilma swept through the Keys on that date and flooded the concert venue. Despite the economic damage suffered by the Keys and its residents at the hand of Hurricane Wilma, the concert took place in January and raised over $60,000 that was donated to the town of Ocean Springs, MI.

2004 Coastal Conservation Association Artist of the Year - Broward Chapter

	Pasta was the 2004 CCA Artist of the year for the Broward Chapter. His original painting titled 'Coastal Cruisers' sold at auction to benefit the CCA. In this photo with the painting he is on the right with his wife and two of the couple's friends.
In 2002 Pasta was chosen for his creativity to paint two tailwalking sailfish mounts for a city wide promotion of the Ft. Lauderdale Art Museum. These two unusual mounts are now located in the lobby of a Hollywood Bank. The Florida Marlin's, world champion team hand signed the back of the Marlin mount and the ball which is in the grasp of the billfish was hand signed by the World Series MVP.