The round at the Wolfgangsee started with a small breakdown. The ship was not seaworthy and the entire group of artists, easels and paint pots, moved to a replacement ship. There they began to work with brushes and crayons.
Colorful mix from around the world
A musical group from the Salzkammergut ensured a relaxed atmosphere and additional inspiration, as artist Sebastian Herzau from Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt) describes: “Well, I’ve been here since Saturday and I see Wolfgang lake every morning. Of course it looks different every morning. day and I think there’s a lot in my picture – like the clouds that change. The mountains disappeared behind the clouds today. But we all know there are mountains here.
Tanja Prusnik from Vienna also enjoyed the tour: “Even if you came here with other ideas that you would like to implement, you are definitely influenced by the place and the lake.”
From Mexico City to St Wolfgang
Lalo Sanchez del Valle is from Mexico: “”It’s very different from Mexico City, where I’m from. This lake is a beautiful place, I really love it. A very special place. You feel the energy here. I’m really happy to be here.”
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enthusiastic audience
A group of those interested in art were able to closely follow the work of painters and designers during the journey on the ship, as was the case with Wilhelmine Kofler, from Feistritz, in Carinthia: “”This energy that is radiated by artists and ideas they have – it’s just wonderful to watch them.”
Renate Orosel hails from Villach: “The good thing is that you can have personal contact with the artists and see them create work.”
Illinois Artist as Entrepreneur
The organizer of the festival is Jesse Magee, from Urbana, in the USA (state of Illinois): “You have to imagine: you have, for example, two artists from Mexico and one artist from Japan. An artist from Austria meets St. Wolfgang, of course. But even an artist from Belgium doesn’t know this area. But they are all very excited.”
Hotelier Roland Wallner in St. Wolfgang is also enthusiastic: “In the interwar period, the Zinkenbach painters’ colony had been here for about 100 years. At that time, some creative minds met and were inspired by the beautiful nature here. And we want to take advantage of that time.”