Leah Pantéa is an abstract expressionist artist, located in niwot, Colorado.
welcome
My works are celebrations of the process, pulling a painting forward only to push it back again, behind the veil. My recent series “Janus,” titled after the Roman god of transitions, this collection came forth out of a desire to know why we don’t get to see the full picture. Visually inspired by the stark landscapes and vast skies of Northern Iceland where this series began, I also pull from philosophies and a handful of my favorite artists (Nava Waxman, Julie Mehretu and Ian Francis) to conceptually inform my work. I enjoy pushing past my primary practice of oil on hot-pressed watercolor paper to include embroidery, textiles, illustration and murals.
I learned to set my own path from my childhood in the mountains of Boulder, Colorado. This path led me to a BFA and philosophy minor from Central Washington University, before I moved to my home of seven years in San Diego, California. My work has been collected worldwide and is displayed at the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai, at Hilton and Marriott hotels, as well as abroad the Norwegian Gem Cruisliners.
An Titils XXVI
oil + embroidery on hot pressed watercolor paper
TAKE HEART
A podcast project by Leah Pantea to create a safe and approachable art world
Take Heart can be streamed wherever you enjoy podcasts. Tune in to learn about why art matters, what “Fine Art” is, how to look at art, even art that you see in a gallery and think to yourself, “I could have done that.”
I am very eager to be bringing this project to you to help empower you to remember that art is for you, regardless of money and status. Take and experience what is rightfully yours!
$25.00 + under
-Original art cards
Small framable sketches with gold leaf detailing
- patreon subscription
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$26.00- $50.00
-Embroidery artwork
Original hand embroidered artwork, ready to frame!
-custom block prints
Original linocut prints
-Patreon subsciption
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$51.00-$150.00
-Giclee print of janus series painting, An titils XIV
-patreon subscription
All Patreon subscriptions come with a print welcome gift in which you could gift to someone else! OR you could subscribe your art loving friend to Patreon so they can get exclusive access to behind the scenes, inspiration and community.
$151.00 +
-Janus series paintings
Original oil paintings on paper. All works include a custom float frame
-patreon subscription
All Patreon subscriptions come with a print welcome gift in which you could gift to someone else! OR you could subscribe your art loving friend to Patreon so they can get exclusive access to behind the scenes, inspiration and community.
studies on paper
Between creating oil paintings and mural, I am continually honing in on my craft through sketches and studies on paper. Often these works are looser than my oil paintings, or documenting a specific location.
murals
I have been traveling to create multi-surface murals across the United States, sprawling onto ceilings, floors, tables and more.
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