Larry Santapaola This is Me

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1. 1. Times Ledger - Entertainment - 04/14/2005 - Giordano's has the right frame of mind

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   Published on: 4/14/2005   Last Visited: 4/15/2005

   Larry Santapaola, owner of Giordano's Art Gallery in Bayside, is an expert regarding both popular painters and framing.
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   The gallery has been in the Bayside area for more than 25 years, but Santapaola purchased it from the original owner in June 2004. It offers custom framing and conservation framing, original art (including pastels, oils, and water colors), mirrors, lithographs, serigraphs and giclees.
   
   "Lithographs are made by a printing process supervised by the artist, in limited editions. Serigraphs have hand-applied color and costly inks, and are on thicker paper. A giclee has an image that's transferred to canvas and embellished by the artist," said Santapaola.
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   One of his works features a park in front of a building that doesn't exist, with a comet in the background," said Santapaola.
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   "There's a picture of a woman in a gray gown, with her scarf fluttering around her," said Santapaola. "The prices range up to $2,000."
   
   "I was lucky to get a Russian icon," he continued. "It's a turn-of-the-century portrait of St. Nicholas, hand-hammered, and silver-clad, and it was made with egg tempura paint."
   
   Santapaola used to be an art director and a creative supervisor at the prestigious advertising agencies McCann Erickson and Grey Advertising. His clients ranged from international companies to catering halls, and included Minute Rice.
   
   "I've done package designs, television commercials, and Internet sites," he said. Now he shares his wife's profession: Lisa Santapaola owns Island Art and Framing on Route 110 in Melville, L.I. She was an employee there for almost 20 years, but has owned it for the last five. (Their oldest daughter is a Rockette, one of the famous dancers featured in shows at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.)
   
   "Now I apply my design sense and creative sense to my gallery," he said.

2. 2. Bayside Business Association - Beauty Salons/Supplies

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   Published on: 2/27/2005   Last Visited: 10/13/2006

   Larry Santapaola Giordano's Art Gallery 73-32 Bell Blvd Bayside, NY 11364 (718)740-4917 santa2@optonline.net