Local Artist Donates Limited Edition Lithograph to PBIA

For immediate release: Sept. 29, 2008
Contact: Elayna Toby Singer (561) 233-0235

	Artist, teachers and students from Dillon Country Day School in Wellington gather at PBIA for the art installation.  Pictured above (l to r):  Leonarda Mangiola, art teacher; Richard Ulner, Judith Dillon, founder; Rob Costa; Tito Mangiola, artist; Timothy McSweeney, Cris Gritzalis, Constantine Awad and Mr. Amato, teacher.

Wellington artist Tito Mangiola, an Italian national residing in Wellington since 1992, donated the Limited Edition Lithograph "Homage to the Village of Wellington" to the permanent art collection at the Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA). The donation was reviewed and approval by the County’s Public Art Committee.

Created as a tribute to his adopted hometown, the original artwork, exhibited in the Village of Wellington’s Community Center, is oil on canvas, painted in the mosaic style, a technique Mangiola claims to have invented. He now teaches this technique in Royal Palm Beach High School’s adult education classes.

Golf and the equestrian themes feature prominently in "Homage to the Village of Wellington," conveying the impression of motion in golf swings and jumping horses. "The movement for anybody in mosaic painting is very difficult. This technique is both liberating and challenging. It gives me more freedom to express myself, but it’s more difficult to give shape,” explains Mangiola.