MN Marine Art Museum - Robert Gonzalez: Mystical Waters

Dates

  • Thursday, April 02, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Friday, April 03, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 04, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 05, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 07, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, April 08, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Thursday, April 09, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Friday, April 10, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 12, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Thursday, April 16, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Friday, April 17, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 18, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Thursday, April 23, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Friday, April 24, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 25, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 26, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Friday, May 01, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 02, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, May 03, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

About

Robert Gonzalez is an artist and musician from San Antonio, TX, whose recent work depicts the role of water in pre-Columbian Mexican mythology and religions. His imagery is based on historical research, Mayan iconography, archaeology, as well as dream based imagery and the writings of philosopher Carl G. Jung, to imagine the past lives of his ancestors.

This two gallery exhibition features 18 of his large sized and colorful paintings exploring themes of Sacred Waters and Temazcal (sweat lodges). His Sacred Water paintings depict portraits and visual elements of ancient Mexican water gods. To ancient Meso-Americans, water was life and they made offerings and gave prayers to their gods to protect them from devastating storms, floods, and hurricanes, and also brought life sustaining rains during times of drought. The Temazcal series explores the physical and metaphorical healing properties of communal sweat lodges, and also serves as a connection to the past.