One has to look long and hard at Octavio's paintings. The longer one
looks at his work, the more that is revealed. Faces come into focus at
a distance and metamorphose into something else entirely in close up. Flowers
become faces, mountains speak to each other, and mourners over a coffin
become the face of Christ. His works are full of symbolism, endlessly fascinating,
each revealing a new facet, different to each viewer.
Octavio Ocampo works primarily in the metamorphic style - using a technique
of superimposing and juxtaposing realistic and figurative details within
the images that he creates. The longer you study his works, the more
hidden images you seem to find. You can view a larger image of the
works below by simply clicking on it.
This house on isla mujeres was built by mexican artist
octavio ocampo and his brother, an architect. The inside, it is even more
beautiful than you can imagine. There is an amazing mirror in one
of the bathrooms made of a wreath of sliced conch shells. One thing in
particular that catches your attention is the art on the walls.
"I am fascinated by the forces of Good and Evil and the Sun (male) and
the Moon (female). I live in Tepoztlan, which is a mountainous region southwest
of Mexico City, and is considered to be one of the most magical places
on earth. Like the Bermuda triangle, there is a strange and unexplained,
but extremely powerful, confluence of magnetic forces seemingly concentrated
in the Tepozteco Mountain." - Octavio Ocampo
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