 Who's home will get, "The Breeze"?
Number 1 of 100 is ready. Hand signed and numbered Limited Edition Series with Certificate of Authenticity. Call Pasta 954-290-4262 #palmtree#fineart#limetededition#islamorada#floridakeys#ocean#coastal#beach
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North America's only living coral barrier reef lies approximately six miles seaward of the Florida Keys in water that are typically fifteen to thirty feet deep. Some considered the reef to be the third longest coral barrier reef in the world, after Australia and the Meso-American reef off Belize.
The great coral reefs of the Florida Keys are the only true coral reefs in the continental waters of the United States. The Florida reef tract, composed of outer reefs and patch reefs, contains over fifty species of corals comprising over eighty percent of all the coral reef species in the Tropical Western Atlantic and over one hundred fifty species of fish. Read more here: http://reefrelieffounders.com/florida-keys-reefs.html In honor of The Florida Keys Reef System, Pasta has selected his abstract, "Roberto Reef", as September's Print of the Month. Special pricing available on our website. More information is available at the gallery in the heart of Islamorada's Morada Way Art District or call 305-906-2158. #reefart #abstractart #floridakeys#coralreef #barrierreef #turtleart #dolphinart #reeffishart  “Beachin” custom giclee in a beautiful Islamorada home. Artbypasta.com #islamorada #floridakeys #art #paletteknifepainting #interiordesign #pastapantaleo #artbypasta #keywest #artistsoninstagram #ocean
 “Ocean Blue” custom oversize giclee is in a new home in Ft Lauderdale. #islamorada #floridakeys #interiordesign #keywest #art #ftlauderdale #florida #blessed #ocean #artistsoninstagram #a1a #ocean #noplastic #pastapantaleo #artbypasta
 “Battle Armor” Limited Edition found its new home in this beautiful Islamorada cottage. #blessed #islamorada #tarpon #pastapantaleo #art #artlife #interiordesign #keywest #artistsoninstagram #marineart #ocean #noplastic #artist
 Pasta painted Florida Bay 1 & 2 in honor or our bay and to remind people of the importance to protect our water. #islamorada #floridakeys #islandlife #artlife #floridabay #floridabayforever #florida #protectouroceans #protectourparks #protectourplanet #saynotosugar #keywest #naples #sarasota #sanibelisland #siestakey #stuart #westpalmbeach #palmbeach
We are very proud to announce that sculptors Laura Jacobs and Lourdes Shay are being featured in our galleries. Stop by to see their exquisite creations.
Laura Jacobs is an American mixed media artist and sculptor. Jacobs is most recognized for her mixed media series that critically addresses issues of gender identity. In her humorous yet complex ensembles, she touches on the inclination of women to succumb to society's dictates and the tragedy hidden behind the "desire to be desired". Found objects like smashed glass, broken mirrors or objects from the sea are transformed into sculptures resembling animated foundation garments, corsets, bra's and shoes. Combining both elements of sexuality and comedy, her series provokes questions on the perception and image of women in society. Her work reflects a critical response to how the aesthetics influenced by the modern porn-industry and plastic surgery have created a dual and circus-like image of female bodies and sexuality. Her piece "Starved For Attention" is posted here. Lourdes Mora-Shay-Cuban born artist raised in Spain where she was influenced by art and sculpture throughout Europe and years of travel. She has a passion for mixed media sculpting and acrylic painting. Each one of her sculptures is one of a kind. They are stone art and made with carved styro-foam and plaster, while using various natural elements such as leather skins, tree bark, fabrics and beads. She will incorporate collected pieces like seeds, or bone, metals, silver, brass or copper. Her piece "Malaya" is posted here.
Collectors & new friends! #islamorada #floridakeys #artistsoninstagram #art #artbypasta #artist #marineart #reef #mahi #keywest #naturesway #ocean 
The natural beauty of The Florida Keys marine life! Bring Dad to Islamorada, The Fishing Capital of the World. Relax, fish, enjoy life. Celebrate family.
 It’s that time of the year again; turtle nesting season is here in the state of Florida! The majority of nesting in Florida occurs between May 1st and October 31st. About 90% of all sea turtle nesting in the United States takes place on Florida’s beaches, which means it is critical that residents and visitors alike do their part to ensure that sea turtles have a safe and successful nesting season.
To learn helpful tips on how you can help make nesting season better, visit our friends at Sea Turtle Conservancy. https://conserveturtles.org/nesting-season-is-may-october/
Newest items in the gallery. More Anisa jewelry. More giclees. A new Mahi-Mahi original. Stop by to see these beauties.
 Newest Giclee available in the gallery today, "The Turquoise". We are open all weekend. Closed Monday, Memorial Day, in honor of the soldiers who have sacrificed their lives defending USA.
 Just a few days until Memorial Day Weekend. We love and respect our veterans for the sacrifices, diligence and fervor for which they honor our country.
According to The History Channel..... Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2018 occurs on Monday, May 28. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. The Civil War, which ended in the spring of 1865, claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history and required the establishment of the country’s first national cemeteries. On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance later that month. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle. On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there. Many Northern states held similar commemorative events and reprised the tradition in subsequent years; by 1890 each one had made Decoration Day an official state holiday. Southern states, on the other hand, continued to honor their dead on separate days until after World War I. Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars. For decades, Memorial Day continued to be observed on May 30, the date Logan had selected for the first Decoration Day. But in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees; the change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.  A rainy day in Paradise, is still Paradise.
Morada Way Art District has a lot to offer. Studio Sesh Arts, Florida Keys Brewery, Blue Marlin Jewelry, Redbone Gallery, Sea-Aire Boutique, Elena Madden Gallery, Pasta Pantaleo's Signature Gallery, Portside Gallery, Morada Way Clay. Let us help you bring some sunshine into your life.  By Steve Waters Special to the Miami Herald Almost as fast as mate Hunter Barron could cast a live pilchard behind the transom of Catch 22, that’s how quickly a dolphin was hooked up and pulling line off the reel. As soon as one of us reeled in a dolphin, which some people call mahi-mahi, using the Hawaiian term for the colorful fish to distinguish it from the mammal, Barron would take that fishing rod and hand us another one, the bait already in the water and the spinning reel’s bail open. When line began peeling off the reel, Pasta Pantaleo and I would close the bail and start reeling to set the hook. Meanwhile, Vic Gaspeny was busy fighting a dolphin on his 10-weight fly rod and Barron was casting a live pilchard on another spinning rod. “Mahi Madness” is how Capt. Scott Stanczyk describes the craziness when all of his anglers are fighting schoolie dolphin at the same time. Unlike “March Madness,” the dolphin fishing in the Florida Keys remains good throughout the summer, although May and June are traditionally the best months to catch the hard-fighting, good-tasting fish. “It’s getting better and better,” said Stanczyk, who fishes out of Bud N’ Mary’s Marina. “We’ve been catching enough fish to make our people happy. There have been enough schoolies to make it worthwhile. The big fish are a bonus.” Schoolies are dolphin that weigh 5-15 pounds. The smaller fish are known as “lifters” because anglers can swing them into the boat with their fishing rods. “Gaffers” are bigger fish that require the use of a gaff to get them safely into the boat. Barron, who kept an eye on everything going on in the back of the 54-foot Carolina boat, was always ready with the gaff whenever one of us had a fish that big coming close to the transom. The goal of most captains and anglers is to catch a “slammer,” which is a dolphin weighing 20 or more pounds that will slam the inside of the fish box. Stanczyk said they have been scarce so far this year. “The fishery’s very healthy,” he said, “and the big ones may be around the corner.” The schoolies were fun to catch, especially for Gaspeny, a retired inshore guide who hadn’t been offshore in a long time and who loves to fish with a fly rod. He used a multi-colored streamer fly with lots of flash that imitates a small fish on a 9-foot, 40-pound fluorocarbon leader and a 10-weight Ugly Stik Bigwater Fly Rod. When a school of dolphin was behind the boat, Gaspeny would strip out his intermediate fly line and drift back the fly, then tighten the Fin-Nor fly reel’s drag and wait for a dolphin to strike.  Our trip this past Wednesday also was restorative for Pantaleo, a talented marine artist with a unique style and perspective. The former sign painter from Hollywood specializes in painting offshore and inshore gamefish and coastal lifestyle scenes. “Lately I’ve made an effort to go back to my roots and fish more,” said Pantaleo, who also plays the drums in a local band. He moved to Islamorada 14 years ago and has done his part to make the self-proclaimed “Sportfishing Capital of the World” also known for its artwork. He is a president and founder of the village’s Morada Way Arts & Cultural District, where his Pasta Pantaleo Signature Gallery is located. A painting based on his experiences from our trip might soon be on display in the gallery. One of the keys to the success of the trip was having plenty of live pilchards to use as bait. Barron had thrown a large cast net at least 10 times, which would easily exhaust a less fit person, to catch several hundred baitfish. Stanczyk trolls rigged ballyhoo, plastic squid and feathers to locate schools of dolphin. When a fish is hooked, he stops the boat and Barron puts out lines baited with squid or bonito chunks. On this day the dolphin were picky and wouldn’t eat the dead bait, but the pilchards were hard for them to resist. The key to knowing where to troll was spotting flocks of birds. Frigate birds will follow schools of dolphin, but they weren’t around on Wednesday. Fortunately, Stanczyk was able to see flocks of sooty terns, which also can be a sign of dolphin. “You more or less are going on a hunting trip in the ocean, but we don’t kill the birds, we don’t harm a feather,” said Stanczyk, who uses Fujinon 7x50 rubber-coated binoculars to scan the ocean for birds from Catch 22’s bridge. “You don’t have to see the fish to catch them. Just find the birds. “Some birds you’re hunting, instead of schoolies, it could be a three- or five-bagger of big fish.” And sometimes a dolphin trip will produce sailfish, wahoo, blackfin tuna, white marlin or blue marlin. But when you’re having a blast catching schoolies one after the other, big fish don’t really matter.  Had an amazing day on the water! Thank you Stanczyk’s #islamorada #floridakeys #budnmarys #catch22 #tuna #mahi @richardstanczyk @budnmarysmarina @hooked_on_steve_waters
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