placeholder

Pete For America Portraits by Charis Tsevis

Pete For America is a series of Pete Buttigieg’s portraits created by the renown Greek visual designer Charis Tsevis inspired by his campaign for the 2020 Democratic primaries.
Tsevis aspires Pete to be the next President of the USA and therefore he created this series as a promotion for his campaign.
According to his words, what he really likes about Mayor Pete is that he is a debate opener, a calm listener and a positivity ambassador. His education but also his manners are reflected in his language as well as his tone. He is opening the debate about policy, values and identities in a sober and productive way. This is something so rare and so needed in times like these.”

You can purchase a limited edition art print of these artworks here.

Pete Buttigieg: Miserere​​​​​​​

Charis Tsevis explains why he created the mosaic below: Personally I am not really religious. I wish I could be more than just an occasional church visitor just to celebrate big religious events and costumes of my Greek heritage. But I am somebody who is recognising the incredible power of religion in society and private life. Have this contact with a less logical and more emotional part of nature that can’t be ignored. Pete is opening this debate and he is also defining the vocabulary for it. He is speaking for the important values that are reflected in scriptures.

Hope he can find a wide audience for this debate. I also hope that this portrait of his I created can also start some healthy and productive debate on values, spirituality and politics.

This portrait wants to mimic the visual vocabulary of stained glass window art. It’s a puzzle created with pieced from hundreds of stained glass artworks from many cathedrals around the world. Hope that you like it no matter what religion you follow.

A mosaic portrait of Mayor Pete Buttigieg created with fractions of stained glass artworks from various cathedrals around the world.

From Malta to South Bend.

L-isbaħ xewqat minn Malta u mill-Mediterran, Pete Buttigieg (Best wishes from Malta and the Mediterranean).
A mosaic portrait of Mayor Pete Buttigieg created with Maltese ceramic tiles, majolicas and other art pieces from the Mediterranean.

“I am running to be the president to pick up the pieces of our divided nation and lead us to real action,” the candidate says. “I am ready to gather up an American majority that is hungry for change and done with division.” — Pete Buttigieg. Pete For America

Mosaic portrait of Pete Buttigieg created with his 3 favourite values written in 8 languages, English and the other 7 foreign languages Mayor Pete is speaking.

Details from the Pete For America mosaic illustrations.

A mosaic portrait of Mayor Pete Buttigieg created with fractions of stained glass artworks from various cathedrals around the world.

“I am running to be the president to pick up the pieces of our divided nation and lead us to real action,” the candidate says. “I am ready to gather up an American majority that is hungry for change and done with division.”
— Pete Buttigieg

Presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg participates in a grassroots fundraiser in Detroit, MI July 28, 2019.
(Photo: Chuck Kennedy/PFA)

#portraits #illustrations #mosaic #tsevis #PeteForAmerica #Pete2020 #PeteButtigieg

Maria Papaefstathiou

VISUAL DESIGNER since 1996 and blogger since 2010. Living in Athens, Greece. She has been focusing her research on poster design and particularly on social poster design and portrait design. Her main poster project is a series of posters celebrating great personalities of traditional and popular culture in Greece and Jamaica. These include actors, singers, musicians, poets etc. This is an ongoing project. “I believe that design is a powerful tool that we designers can use to spark enthusiasm, change mindsets and bring positive actions to our world and our culture”. FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF GRAPHICART-NEWS.COM BLOG. She carefully curates high-quality designs, illustrations, and art, from all over the world that will teach and provoke other designers. Many consider her blog to be an exceptional educational tool. CO-FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGGAE POSTER CONTEST which was launched on December 2011, partnering, the creative activist Michael Thompson aka Freestylee. (www.reggaepostercontest.com)