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Air, Sea in Harmony
Air, Sea in Harmony

Unlike paintings, sculptures are three-dimensional
art, allowing you to view them from all angles. That is
the vision of the man behind the sculptures at the El Do-
rado Ranch’s Caras de Mexico Golf Course, Mexican
Sculpture Octavio Gonzales, perhaps the most sought
after and prolific sculpturist in Mexico. The pculiarity
peculiarity
of his work is based precisely on concept and bal-
ance. “The vast majority of the sculptures I make are
in the air, because I think and feel that life is harmony.”
Since he was little, Octavio was a lover of nature and had the gift of art, however, when
his father died he had to work hard, but the artist who lived in him had to be set free and
the adventure of sculpting began. His
influences also come from his travels
around the world, from destinations
such as: Moscow, Warsaw, Vienna,
Czech Republic, Holland, Belgium
and San Francisco, where his interest
in marine themes was awakened. He
has participated in cultural exchanges
in Santa Barbara and Berkeley, Cali-
fornia where he learned casting tech-
niques such as ceramic shell, a style
which gives the sculpture much better
details and is a lot lighter than other techniques. He has lived in Puerto Vallarta for 39
years. Many of his great works are exhibited in this city, among them, “The Dolphin Fountain”
his most representative work, “Ballena Vallarta,” which is a 12-meter humpback whale
that is placed at the entrance to Marina Vallarta. There are other sculptures such as
a sailboat in front of Marina del Rey, another sailboat in Nuevo Vallarta and a blue
whale in Marina Vallarta in front of Portofino, among others.” His work is sold all
over the United States. Octavio en-
dorses the great work team he has,
“without them I would not be who I
am.” 11 people work with me, “they
are like my family.” He also high-
lights that he is the fastest sculptor
in Mexico, “there are sculptures
that we have made, such as those
of life-size horses in San Miguel el
Alto?, Jalis- co, we made them in 45
, in Jalisco,
days, modeled, cast and delivered.
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