Paul Armesto

MURALS AND CANVAS PAINTINGS
In the United States:
• Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury, CT, 2020–present. Rectory ceiling and basement renovations. Basement paintings include the Wedding Feast of Cana (about 3.5 m x 13 m), the Four Evangelists, the Jordan River room (all four walls), six large scenes depicting angels holding the Basilica and Waterbury landmarks, ceiling depicting the Salvation History, and other works in progress.
• St. John’s Church, Middletown, CT, 2022. Sanctuary wall (one huge surface).
• St. Pius X Chapel at Cardinal Spellman School, Bronx, NY, 2020. Sanctuary wall (three surfaces).
• St. Joseph’s Chapel, Wolcott, CT, 2020. Upper crown of chapel (four surfaces).
• Our Lady of Pompeii Church, East Haven, CT, 2019. Sanctuary wall (three surfaces).
• Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Weehawken, NJ, 2018. Temple interior wall.
• Chapel at Assumption Church, Ansonia, CT, 2017. Chapel ceiling.
• St. Thomas Church, Somerset, NJ, 2015-2016. Sanctuary wall depicting Our Lady, Christ, and Saint Thomas with musical angels, ceiling depicting putti & side paintings, and a Grotto background painting for Our Lady statue (2016).
• St. Brigid and St. Emeric Church, Manhattan, NY, 2014. Sanctuary walls (five surfaces depi...

Contemporary classical master artist Paul Armesto is the author of some of the world’s largest oil painting
murals, most of which are in churches and private residences in the United States and Costa Rica.
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on December 14, 1973, Paul Armesto expressed his interest in art from an early age. He was educated in Catholic schools and made several trips to Brittany, France, developing a passion for Biblical art and seascapes, among others.
After growing up in Paris, he lived in Madrid, Spain, and San José, Costa Rica, before settling with his family in New York in 2012. He has been married since 2007 and has two daughters.
He obtained his Baccalaureate in Art from the Academy of Poitiers, France. Since modern art had little appeal to him, he opted for a more traditional method, drawn from the Renaissance, to perfect his oil painting technique, which he achieved through the teachings of a master, celebrated Nicaraguan classical painter Alberto Ycaza (1945-2002).
Paul Armesto’s art is contemporary and entirely original, but at the same time, inspired by the Classical world as a timeless source of inspiration as well as from Medieval art. It goes beyond just color and aims at balance, harmony, and ligh...