Artwork archive

Pablo Amaringo is a renowned visionary artist from Peru. Formerly a shaman, healing people using the hallucinogenic medicine ayahuasca, in the 1980s he began painting the visions that this brew had given him. While painting, he sings the sacred songs or icaros he associates with a particular experience, and through the power of the song he is able to recall in minute detail the visions he saw many years ago.

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In 1991, in collaboration with anthropologist Luis Eduardo Luna, Pablo Amaringo released a book of his visionary paintings called Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman. Here are some of the paintings from that book:

 

You can also download a PDF which includes Pablo’s description of his paintings: Ayahuasca Visions by Pablo Amaringo.

Here’s some examples of textile patterns that the Shipibo-Conibo people of Peru are noted for. These designs are inspired by ayahuasca visions, and can also be found on Shipibo pottery, which in turn is seen in many paintings by Pablo Amaringo.