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MOULIN DE PEUCH, Dordogne, France, June 2002
Florence Ménard - Ellen Lórien - L. Caruana

A very memorable four days at Johfra & Lórien's home



WOERDEN, HOLLAND, Sept 2002
Gerrit Luidinga - L. Caruana

Luidinga is a renowned Johfra scholar, a poet - and an amazing character...



IN JOHFRA'S STUDIO, June 2002
With his last, uncompleted works

Johfra's spirit was hovering somewhere over my shoulder...



ELLEN LORIEN'S STUDIO, Aug 2008
Ellen Lórien - L. Caruana

Another visit with Ellen Lórien, six years later.



CHIMERIA EXHIBITION, Sedan, Oct 2006
L. Caruana - Romuald Leterrier

Leterrier is the author of l'Enseignement de l'Ayahuasca
and helps organize the yearly Chimeria exhibitions.


ATELIER MASCHKA, Nördlingen, Germany, Aug 2005
Michael Maschka - L. Caruana

Over the years we've become good friends...
(In celebration of my 10th wedding anniversary, I'd shaved my beard).


DALIS ERBEN MALEN EUROPA, Munich, Oct 2005
Reinhard Schmid - Claude Bertrand - Peter Proksch - Pierre Peyrolle - Angerer der Alterer
Viktor Safonkin - L. Caruana - Michael Lassel - Marc Desmullier - André Janout - Michael Maschka


Standing before the train-wagon that Dali proclaimed was the centre
of the universe in his Pop-Op-Yes-Yes-Pompier painting



VERNISSAGE - ALAIN MARGOTTON, Dec 2007
Alain Margotton - Pierre Peyrolle - L. Caruana

It was a stunning retrospective of Margotton's work.




CHATEAU DE COLLINANCES, July 2006
Alain Margotton - Yves Thomas - L. Caruana - Pierre Peyrolle

The four of us have met regularly and often exhibited together...



LA LODGE DE COLLINANCES, July 2006
The group Les Visionnaires
at Pierre Peyrolle's home




ATELIER L. CARUANA, Paris Bastille

My cat - Zen Bidou - is uncanny...
a true inspiration - and a genius...



HOME OF ALAIN MARGOTTON, St. Thibault, near Paris, April 2009
L. Caruana - Alain Margotton - Robert Venosa - Pierre Peyrolle

Margotton had once studied with Venosa in Cadaques.
This was their re-union after many years.


OPENING AT GALERIE ART LUDIK, Paris, Sept 2004
Florence Ménard - H. R. Giger - L. Caruana

This was our second meeting in Paris





ASSOCIATION LUZ IN ART, near Paris, March 2009
Luis Eduardo Luna - L. Caruana - Jean-Michel Gassend

It was a pleasure for me to bring together Luis Eduardo Luna
- who organized the first school of Amazonian painters around Pablo Amaringo -
with Jean-Michel Gassend - who is organizing a new school of Amazonian
painting & sculpture through his association Luz in Art.


MONSANTO, near the Boom Festival, Portugal, Aug 2008
Martina Hoffmann - Roberto Venosa - Erik Davis - L. Caruana

We shared a house together - Casa de Santa Catarina - for a week.



CHAPEL OF SACRED MIRRORS, New York, Aug 2007
Alex Grey - L. Caruana

An after-hours tour through the chapel....



MAURA HOLDEN'S STUDIO, Madison, Aug 2007
Maura Holden - L. Caruana

We talked non-stop for three days...



CHAPEL OF SACRED MIRRORS, New York, Aug 2007
Alex Grey - L. Caruana

Entheologue discussion - August 2007



MAURA HOLDEN'S STUDIO, Madison, Aug 2007
L. Caruana - Maura Holden

Despite our rich correspondence and long conversations,
our deepest kinship is felt in painting.



ERNST FUCHS OPENING, Hoorn Holland, Sept 2002
Victor Linford - L. Caruana

Victor Linford was one of the seven Dutch Meta-Realists
He passed away shortly after we met... A great loss.



APOCALYPSE CHAPEL, Klagenfurt, Austria, July 2000
Ernst Fuchs - L. Caruana - Gérald Dareau - Andrew Gonzalez

Andrew and I were often mistaken as brothers.
After weeks together, we never grew tired of each other's company.


PALAIS IMAGINAIRE of the POSTMAN CHEVAL
Drome, Aug 2001

On the way from Monaco back to Paris.
I'd just finished my year working with Fuchs.












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