The Pipe Series: 
"The Treachery of Images" 
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     In his famous painting
'La Trahison des Images (Ceci n'est pas une pipe)'
​[The Treachery of Images (This is not a pipe)],
Rene' Magritte explores the issues of symbolism,
identity, and perceptual reality by creating
a symbol of a pipe (the painting)
and then labeling the image of the pipe
"This is not a pipe"... revealing to the viewers that
we are being tricked!
We are deceived not so much by our eyes or by the illusion,
but by the mind's ability to refer to, and identify
symbols with objects, to conceptualize reality.
​The artist accepts the challenge:
to create a painting that engages the viewer,
and with the artisan's flair,
to trick us into waking up and seeing ourselves
and our world a little differently...
​ the artist is playing the role of trickster or shaman.
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The Pasadena Antique Warehouse Gallery
1609 E Washington Blvd
​Pasadena, CA 91104-2747
-presents- 
Mindscapes
 New Paintings and Retrospective
by Roberto Quintana WFA
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Dates/Times:

Friday, June 2nd
OPENING NIGHT
Gallery Open: 5pm - 10pm
Ron Cyger Jazz Trio
7pm - 9pm


Saturday, June 3rd
Gallery Open: 5pm - 10pm
Ron Cyger Jazz Trio: 7pm - 9pm
Spoken-word Performance
by Elaine Partnow


Sunday, June 4th
Gallery Open: 5pm - 10pm
Ron Cyger Jazz Trio: 7pm - 9pm
Spoken-word Poetry
by Judy Barat




Entrance to this event is
FREE


RSVP is appreciated...

Beto's Pipe

Vecelli's Pipe: Sold

Rembrandt's Pipe

Faux Pipe: Sold

Wavicle Pipe: Sold

Primary Pipe: Sold

Vincent's Pipe: Sold

Avatar Pipe: Sold

Shaman Pipe: NFS

Salvador's Pipe: Sold

Sumi Pipe

Pyrotechnic Pipe

Jasper's Pipe: Sold

Jean Michael's Pipe: Sold

Kamau DaaOod's Pipe: Sold

Atomic Pipe: Sold

San Andreas Pipe: Sold

Pipe Uprising: Sold

Chuck's Pipe: Sold

Pipe Dreams

David's Pipe: Sold

​In a special effort to set a good example to all of our elected representatives on the importance of listening to the other side, Roberto has been fiercely negotiating with his Marketing Department and with his banking team over at Collections and Receivables.

Collections insists on capping our Patron's spending by setting the highest price that the market will allow (which they have determined are the prices quoted below, and elsewhere on this website), while Marketing has this somewhat fanciful idea that lowering the prices of the paintings will somehow magically increase sales and allow Roberto to serve as many Patrons as possible.

After weighing both arguments very carefully and after the usual lengthy (somewhat whinny)​ discussions with his Guru, and with the  many Esteamed Ascended Masters on his internet-thingy-device, and his Runes...
Roberto has decided to side with Marketing and all of his new and returning Patrons and to offer:

a Whopping! 20% off SPECIAL!
on EVERYTING in his upcoming show at
"The Pasadena Antique Warehouse Gallery"
WooHoo! 


(Legal naturally objects! Roberto has scheduled an appeals interview for early July.) 

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​Pipe Paintings may be purchased for $700.00 
(plus shipping and handling)
Pipe paintings may be commissioned for $2,000.00.
All paintings are available as giclee' prints
starting at $500
(price depending on size
plus shipping and handling)
Printed on canvas with archival inks
​and a UV clear-coat
In Limited editions of 25, 
Signed and numbered by the Artist.
Please contact the studio for details: e-mail