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About leonsarantos

Leon Sarantos graduated from the College of Arts and Architecture at the University of Michigan. He lives in Chicago and has taken classes at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Hyde Park Art Center. He has explored several artistic styles including representational and abstract, and subjects including landscape and cityscape paintings. His art has been exhibited in numerous venues in the Midwest. Recently, his cityscape painting of Bond Chapel received first prize at the South Side Impressions group exhibit at the Beverly Art Center in Chicago. This May his Still LIfe With Mannequin Hand won the Best of Show award at the CornerStone Art Center and Gallery in Indiana. His figurative painting, Suzanne in Repose, received special recognition in the Figurative Art Exhibition at the Light Space &Time - Online Gallery this past December. Web site http://www.leonsarantosartist.com/

Art on G+ – My Painting Is Featured On Google Plus This Week

May 15, 2012

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Preacher Man

Preacher Man This portrait painting continues my push to use high contrasts of light and dark to present a quickly readable abstract pattern, which in turn contains realistic details and modeling in the shaded and highlighted areas. Arty Pics Of The Week Google Plus has many artists and art themes that are open to all [...]

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Call for artists: CornerStone Photo Arts III, National Juried Photography Exhibit

May 6, 2012

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Photographers are invited to apply.  Hosted By The 119th Street Artists of Whiting, Indiana at CornerStone Art Center and Gallery. Located 20 minutes from downtown Chicago in NW Indiana in the Historic Downtown District of Whiting, Indiana.  Juror: Martin Martinez. Eligibility: All photographic works are acceptable, providing the works were originally photographed by the artist. [...]

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Leon Sarantos Cityscapes, South Side Impressions Exhibit, Beverly Art Center, Reception this March 18, 1-3PM

March 14, 2012

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 C-Shop, Coffee Shop at University of Chicago  South Side Impressions Exhibit, Beverly Art Center My painting, C-Shop, Coffee Shop at University of Chicago, is part of a group exhibit and competition, South Side Impressions at the Beverly Art Center, throughout this March.  Chicago, including the Hyde Park area, is a fascinating subject for Midwest regional [...]

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Fading Flower, Abstract Figurative Art by Leon Sarantos at Hyde Park Art Center, February – March 2012

February 8, 2012

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Fading Flower

Fading Flower, Abstract Figurative Painting   My painting portrays a woman contemplating a flower.  This is an abstract painting done loosely, with the interplay of the reds as one element, the highlighted areas of the woman’s body and flower counterbalancing each other, and the purple providing the backdrop.  The theme is the fading of youth, [...]

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Digital Gothic: University of Chicago Cityscapes

December 2, 2011

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Gargoyle at Cobb GateThe Streaming Festival 6th Edition The Streaming Festival 6th Edition is curated and sponsored by the isfth foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands, from December 1 to 18, 2011.  This online international exhibit includes  Video Artists, and for the first time this year, also 2D Artists.  I’m pleased that my Digital Gothic series [...]

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Directions Exhibit

November 16, 2011

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Dawn Twilight Triptych

Leon Sarantos’ trytich, Dawn Twilight – The Sun, The Moon, The Stars is at Paul Henry’s Art Gallery At the Directions Exhibit, new Chicago artist. Leon Sarantos, joins Midwestern artists: Dawn Diamantopoulos, Paul Benninghoff, Quinton Foreman, Michael Kaysen, Kim Canton, Robert Gago, and Sophia Rapato. Address is Paul Henry’s Art Gallery, 416 Sibley Street, Hammond, Indiana, [...]

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Rogers Park ArtWalk 2011 Exhibition

October 19, 2011

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Rogers Park ArtWalk is a project of Rogers Park Business Alliance: A storefront art installation within the Glenwood Avenue Arts District October 15 to November 6, 2011 Young Lady With Long Pipe by Leon Sarantos is at Act One Pub / Mayne Stage  1328 W. Morse Ave Rogers Park Business Alliance (RPBA) presents the 1st Annual Rogers [...]

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