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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As seen at:
The Pasadena Antique Warehouse Gallery
1609 E Washington Blvd
​Pasadena, CA 91104-2747

Mindscapes
 New Paintings and Retrospective
by Roberto Quintana WFA

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

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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