Mind-Expanding Art of Octavio Ocampo (From Yahoo).

Educated in Mexico City and San Francisco, painter 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. Every painting by this Mexican master contains a double (or triple, or quadruple...) meaning.

This image relies on negative space to create two coexisting images.  Is it a group of birds, a woman's face, or both? (Images courtesy of Visions Fine Arts Gallery: http://www.visionsfineart.com)

From afar this appears to be a portrait of Cervantes's legendary hero, Don Quixote. Look closer, though, and you'll see a rich canvas of allegorical images from the book, centering on Quixote and Sancho Panza resting their horses by the road. (Images courtesy of Visions Fine Arts Gallery: http://www.visionsfineart.com)We count 17 small horses, and one large one, in this flowing composition. Can you spot them all? (Images courtesy of Visions Fine Arts Gallery: h...