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PETRO ART.

Francisco Manuel Castro is an Artist in every sense of the word. Master Percussionist, Poet and artist.He inherited his sense of stone carving from his Maya Ancestors. Castro is the creator of Petro Art, Contemporary Modern Sculpture influenced by Ancient Art. The Art is based on the concept that all rock formations including Petrified woods hide incredible shapes protected by hardness. The Sculptor must commune with the forces of Nature to see the hidden perspectives and possibilities for the rock to yield the spiral force of the Universe inherent in every stone exposing its beautiful hidden forms. Using rocks from oceans, rivers and mountains, Castro carves into the hard rock using a technique for etching Jade taught him by old Maya stone carvers from the Chalchuapa in El Salvador, Central America. * HEART OF THE MAYA EMPIRE.* The materials are avaible everywhere, a gift of Mother Nature. The techniques that the Master Carver uses involve grinders of all kinds and stones to polish the surfaces.

ARTIST STATEMENT

ART IS THE CORNER STONE TO THE PALACE OF THE KING!

THE MASTER CARVER, THE VISIONARY THAT CAN REALLY UNVEIL

THE BEAUTIFUL FORMS HIDDEN INSIDE EVERY STONE.

" EVERY NUMBER IS INFINITE: THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE!"

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