Laurence Caruana hosted a painting seminar in Torre Superiore, an eco-village in the foot-Alps of Liguria, Northern Italy this Summer past. Originally Maura Holden was also intended to teach at the seminar, but owing to flooding which submerged her house she had to attend to the salvaging of her home. I have been since told that Maura is back on her feet again.

The seminar was called Visions in the Mischtechnik because it pursued visionary ways of seeing while also teaching the Mischtechnik. It attracted an enthusiastic and talented group from around the world.

• Martin Barbero - Argentina
• Jimmy Bleyer - USA
• Dan Cohen - USA
• Francesca Wilkins Corrà ­ Italy / England
• Micha (Colory) Krebs - Germany
• Lauren May ­ New Zealand
• Taiko (Tao) Puk ­ Turkey / Germany
• William Rutledge - USA
• Jason Shutzman ­ USA / Italy
• Mitchell Skillman ­ USA / Germany
• Anne Thorsen - Norway
• Radhika Hersey ­ USA

The seminar group made a number of day trips including to Damanhur, which are subterranean temples dug into the Vidraco hillside.

Five students visited the Ernst Fuchs in Klagenfurt after the seminar. Once Ernst saw samples of their work, he invited them to stay. Three of them did and, for several weeks, painted with him in the Apocalypse chapel. Laurence joined them there a few weeks later, staying on for a week.

‘Manifesting the Vision’ by Yog Sothoth, is a 12 minute video featuring interviews with the participants and live painting from the seminar.

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