Mystic - In one window, a large, multicolored and multi-patterned cartoon boy made of sheet metal spreads his arms wide in a dance move. In the other stands a sculptural tower made of large, overlapping petal-shaped pieces of glass in varying green tones and designs.

A new gallery in Mystic is giving downtown some unique window dressing, bringing more visibility to the art of local artist Jeffrey P'an, a glass-blower, and fellow artist Romero Britto.

P'an, a Mystic native who also lives in the village, has created and sold his glass vases, sculptures, and other wares in the area for 15 years now, since the store Comina bought his first piece.

P'an, of Prescient Studios, still works and has a studio in the Velvet Mill in Stonington Borough, where his large furnaces are housed. But he recently gave into the temptation to move into the vacant downtown Mystic spot to display his art,

along with the pop-art sculptures of Romero Britto.

"I saw the signs up too long not to call," he said. "I'm excited to be part of it."

It was easy enough to move into the space, previously occupied by Ship & Shimmer. P'an brought in the display cases he's used to show his work at Grand Central Station around the holidays. Britto's "Dancing Boy" was a little harder-it arrived in two crates and took six people to put together. The price tag: $58,000.

P'an said he wanted to display Britto's work after learning it couldn't be found north of New York City. Britto, who is Brazilian, lives in Miami, where he has his main studio. He's done celebrity portraits and large-scale murals, sculptures, and product logos around the world.

Though Britto's work appears more modern, P'an said both of them create the look of a mosaic, using separate elements that are visually compiled in the same way.

"They're colorful and playful," he said. "I don't want to be too serious."

Each line, shape, or circle in P'an's glass was originally a separate piece, fused together on a flat sheet, before it is shaped and blown into a vessel. The effect is visible through the distortions in the glass. P'an sees it as re-inventing old-world techniques.

"They all kind of conspire to create the overall effect," P'an said.

He never went to art school, but instead studied glassmaking in Venice. While his background in mechanical engineering seems to fall on the other side of the spectrum, he said the design aspect is useful in his art.

P'an now has four employees, takes on apprentices, and invites high school art students to see him work. Many of his work is commissioned by customers; other pieces are done for competitions.

He's now working on an installation for the Mystic Aquarium in November, where his pieces will be in the tanks with the fish, he said, in addition to a fountain of glass fish and a chandelier resembling a jellyfish.

The gallery, at 44 W. Main St., will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. during the week, and likely later on weekends.

For more information, visit www.prescientstudios.net or www.britto.com.