The state of “Maëracion” attained by Ayahuasqueros enables them to perceive a universe imbued with color and populated by spirits. It was this magical universe that Peruvian painter Pablo César Amaringo visited, night after night for years, when he was a Shaman. Today, he no longer drinks Ayahuasca, but paints visions of his journeys with the liana. His work is exhibited in Japan and the United States, where he has published a book entitled “Ayahuasca Visions” in collaboration with ethnologist Luis Eduardo Luna. In 1990, he received the UN’s Global 500 award for his artistic contribution to the preservation of indigenous traditions and cultures worldwide. He lives in Pucallpa, Peru, in the Amazon painting school he created for the children of his neighborhood.
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Tarapoto, Peru. A man and a woman chat with a teenager who carries fruit on a wheelbarrow.
Work by Pablo César Amaringo
Pucallpa, Peru. (Painting by:) Pablo C. Amaringo. Vision of Ayahuasca: “La Sublimidad del Sumiruma”.
Water transport
Pucallpa, Peru. Running water is a luxury ignored by the inhabitants of the outlying districts. Two children carrying buckets of water.
Fish sorting
San Francisco, Pucallpa region, Peru. Men and children sorting fish after a day’s fishing on the river.
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Pucallpa, Peru (Painting by:) Pablo C. Amaringo. Ayahuasca vision: “Las Tingunas”.
Pablo César Amaringo
Pucallpa, Peru. The painter of Ayahuasca visions, Pablo César Amaringo.
Work by Pablo César Amaringo
Work by Pablo César Amaringo
Curandera
Pucallpa, Peru. A curandera (healer) from the Shipivo Indian community, smoking a mapacho (local tobacco cigarette).
Fruit transport
Tarapoto, Peru. A man and a woman chat with a teenager carrying fruit on a wheelbarrow.
Work by Pablo César Amaringo
Work by Pablo César Amaringo
Work by Pablo César Amaringo
Tuk-Tuk
Work by Pablo César Amaringo
Pucallpa, Peru. (Painting by:) Pablo C. Amaringo. Vision of Ayahuasca: “La Sublimidad del Sumiruma”.
Pablo César Amaringo
Pucallpa, Peru. Ayahuasca vision painter Pablo César Amaringo with a painting inspired by his Ayahuasca visions.
