Expanded Visions in The MischTechnik Seminar 2014

MischeTechnik Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy

In July 2014, 21 Artists from Canada, the US, Australia, Belgium, Israel, Paris, New Caledonia & Vienna, arrived for a 3 week painting seminar at Torri Superiore, Italy, a 13C hill-top eco-village in the foothills of the Italian Riviera...a small community where the inhabitants live in harmony with their environment, practicing Permaculture & sustainable living. We became part of the village life, sharing meals with the community made by the local chef from local organic ingredients mostly sourced locally.

 Now in it's 7th year, the seminar offers 3 weeks of intensive teaching to learn in the manner of the Old Masters, with three very experienced teachers from the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art....Andrew Gonzales teaching his unique approach to the airbrush, Laurence Caruana teaching new insights into glazing techniques using our own visionary composition, & Amanda Sage teaching self portrait painting in the manner of the MischTechnik. These three teachers have worked together for 20+ years, & have all worked & learned with Ernst Fuchs, a Vienna based artist who revived the MischTechnik of painting. It was a time of new friendships, intense learning, good food, & lots of fun.
Links below for our hosts' website, the Seminar teachers and the Academy
Torri Superiore eco-village: http://www.torri-superiore.org/
Amanda Sage: www.amandasage.com
Lauence Caruana; http://www.lcaruana.com/
A.Andrew Gonzales: http://sublimatrix.com/
Vienna Academy: http://academyofvisionaryart.com/

The View from Torri Superiore

With Laurence Caruana - getting started & painting a black Imprematura

And then Decalcamania

The studio was busy

And got busier

And even busier

A. Andrew Gonzales giving an air brush demonstration & talk

Such beautiful work

Amanda  Sage demonstrating a charcoal portrait  of Lauralee

Amanda Sage doing the casein underpainting for her own self portrait

Amanda Sage - yellow global glaze over the white casein underpainting

Amanda's nearly finished painting with local glazes 

Sandra's 21st birthday party on the Torri veranda. 

The community helped us to celebrate

The closing circle at the end of 3 weeks painting intensively

Charcoal self portraits

Beautiful self portraits - mostly still in progress

Glazing visionary compositions - mostly still in progress

A collaborative live painting by most the Artists in acrylics painted during our final night party

Our Torri Artists crew

  Torri Rainbows