Felipe Pantone

One of my favorite weekend getaway locations is Napa, CA. It’s a short hour and fifteen minute drive from Sacramento and there’s so much to do! Between the wine tasting, relaxing resorts, incredible dining options and picturesque wineries, what’s not to love? But, I’m missing a pretty massive category on that to-do list and it’s the art.

Yes, you heard that right. Napa Valley is a destination for art!

There are many ways to see incredible art in the Valley: whether it’s at the di Rosa Center For Contemporary Art, at an art gallery such as Caldwell Snyder in St. Helena, at a winery like Hall Wines, or one of the many murals by world class artists downtown, Napa Valley is worth visiting strictly for the art.

My goal is to have one match from each of venues I mention above and the first I’ve decided to tackle is a mural by Felipe Pantone that was painted for Rad Napa, an arts initiative working to transform an industrial portion of Downtown Napa by incorporating murals and sculptures near its railroad tracks.

Here’s a little more about Felipe Pantone and his mural, Chromadynamica via the Rad Napa website:

Felipe Pantone is an Argentinian-Spanish artist. He started doing graffiti at the age of 12 and graduated university with a Fine Art degree in Valencia, Spain where his studio is based. Felipe travels the world ceaselessly with his art. His work has been exhibited all over Europe, America, Australia, and Asia.

Pantone’s work is anchored in the present, using elements that can only be found in modern times and visual imagery of the present. His art is always from a point of view of dynamic and tensioned compositions. Pantone started experimenting with pixelated displays to prepare his “Artifact to Human Communication” exhibition. He believed that the RAD Napa mural would be a perfect trial, creating a dynamic experience for those who were already in movement inside the Napa Valley Wine Train. He battled the hot sun for four days in order to complete the piece. Conforming to the brick wall structure, he created a dynamic work of art that changes with the observer’s point of view.

Shop The Match

Visit The Mural

 

The best view of the murals is from The Napa Valley Wine Train, but if you’re looking to see Felipe’s piece specifically, you can find it on the back of Matthew’s Mattress at 1551 Soscol Avenue, Napa, CA.