The Boat and the moon
acrylic on canvas SOLD private auction by new dominion oil company
Banana man
Oil on canvas 100 x 70 cm painted in cuba 2004
Portrait of Luis Hernández in the world of Cuban trova, almost no one will recognize him, but if he talks about El Plátano, just like that, everyone will discover the indefatigable photographer who for more than four decades immortalized the most famous faces of the song and of the young troubadours who began to defend the heritage of this cultural manifestation.
The Paris Gentleman
Oil on canvas 100x60 cm sold private collection Cuba
portrait of José María López Lledín was an elegant vagabond known as El Caballero de Paris ("The Gentleman From Paris") who wandered the streets of Havana and was a well-known cult figure.
The next one
Covid 19 have been one of the worse pandemic in these past years for humanity Pantoja’s new work, The Next One, depicts a Cuban man wearing a Soviet-era gas mask, a comment on how the Cuban people are struggling to survive COVID-19 just as they have the brutal Castro dictatorship the past 60 years.
Heavy Load
Oil on canvas 60x48 in painted in Tulsa Oklahoma 2014
In this surreal painting Pantoja represents the dictator Fidel Castro as a giant man traveling on a boy’s tricycle pull by turtles moving slowly and carrying the old destroyed Havana city on his back..
Taming of Donkey Maduro
Oil on canvas 40x40 inch painted 2019
In this painting we see the ex president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro Moros taming by the Death taken to the hell for killing his own Venezuelans people for just clamming freedom and the end of his criminal Dictatorships
The last egg
oil on canvas 120x70 cm painted in Cuba 2007
During the special period in Cuba famine was an everyday hardship. Food rationing brought down the daily average caloric intake to about 1,900 calories, with some adults and children getting as little 1,400. The recommended daily minimum is 2,100. During the most difficult times of the special period, Cubans would only receive 1 egg a month per person. The man in this portrait, named Angel, sits waiting for his death. The two skeletons in the background also represent angel, and what he wants from life.in the dimly lit room, support beams, a common symbol in the works of Pantoja keep the decaying home from collapse. Enquire
Dog´s Life
Oil on canvas 48x 36 in painted in Cuba during the special period
A dog creeps across the surreal wasteland of cuban history wearing the ghoulish face of Cuba's minister of foreign affairs, Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada the man commonly viewed as Castro's instrument of propaganda. the decaying cities of Havana and Bejucal depend on the emaciated creature for progress, but the dog seems indifferent and weary. Still, the dog, with its protruding penis, is prepared to mount any opportunity presented to it. The bird skeleton, a recurring symbol in the pre-exile series, represent those Cubans who have died trying to escape. Enquire
The Last Diner
oil on canvas 120x90 cm 2008 painted in Cuba.
The special period was an extended economic crisis in Cuba that began in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Cubans remember the decade as one of great suffering and hunger. Hunger and famine became widespread. During this time citywide blackout became a common occurrence. in this painting, we see a glimpse into the oppressive home life of Cubans in Bejucal the man at the center is my father; the woman seated by him is his girlfriend during the especial period, my father kept an emaciated pig in the apartment for about a year, until it was eventually sold to buy alcohol. Enquire
"Burlesque trio"
oil on canvas 107x85 cm painted in Cuba 2008
This sarcastic painting depicts the midnight, candle-lit madness of three drunkards celebrating the presence of an egg, which for many Cubans was the only source of nutrition during of famine. an empty plastic bottle on the table is a common image that Cubans associate with alcoholics, who commonly carry the bottle in their back pockets. The cigar ash on the corner represents the island's only enduring commodity, tobacco Enquire
I'm Homeless
oil on canvas 60x30 in painted in tulsa ok 2023 Enquire
Caldosa
Oil on canvas 48x48 in painted in Tulsa Oklahoma 2012 Enquire
BLACK OUT
Pantoja self-portrait Oil on canvas 60x48 inch painted in Tulsa ok 2014 Enquire
Apocalypse
oil on canvas 48x30 inch painted in Tulsa ok framed
Happy Farmer
oil on burlap 20x16 inch framed Enquire
historic studio
Pantoja's studio oil on canvas 20x16 inch painted in Tulsa ok 2023 Enquire
Bejucal
Pantoja's hometown Bejucal Cuba Landscape oil on canvas 48x36 inch painted in Tulsa ok 2023 Enquire
Drone war
oil canvas 48x36 in painted in Tulsa ok Enquire
Monster's Business
oil on canvas 48x60in Painted in Tulsa ok 2014
Here we see these two monsters they have been discussing political business for more than 60 years in this surrealistic painting Pantoja show them carrying skulls that represent those innocents people that have been dying trying to escape from Castro’s dictatorship. Enquire
Jamaaaa
Afro Cuban sculpture wood metal 1 meter high made in Tulsa Ok 2023 Enquire