New Artworks Draw Inspiration from Ancient Scripts, Petroglyphs, Codices

2 Rules Fine Art's Square Root, a solo exhibit by Pedro A. Gonzalez, includes paintings, drawings and prints that reflect the origins of alphabet systems, signs and symbols, evoking a primordial, yet fictional, code of communication.

For these pieces, Gonzalez draws inspiration from petroglyphs, ancient scripts and codices. Most of the works are square and have been conceived in a parallel process. 

“My art deals with the universal experience of confronting an unknown language and the curiosity to decipher script or signs, and also to understand different codes of communication and the impact they have in life.” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez was born in Mexico. He currently lives and works in Marietta. His formal education was in graphic design, and he also studied painting at the Goya Academy of Art in Mexico and printmaking at the Atelier Circulaire in Canada.

Gonzalez’s works have been exhibited in Mexico in Oaxaca and Mexico City, in Canada in Toronto and Montreal, and locally in the Atlanta area.

The Square Root exhibit will be available for viewing at the gallery through April 27.