Painting as communication with the deceased and other non-human beingsSimetinger, Tomaž (Avtor) vernacular religionspiritualismmediumshipembodimentperceptionpaintingThe article examines painting as a practice of relating to the dead and other non-human beings in contemporary and historical contexts. Drawing on vernacular religion, it approaches these relationships not as fixed beliefs system but as experiences emerging through bodily perception, learning, and artistic practice. The article focuses on ethnographic research with a contemporary Slovenian painter, Ana, whose painting develops through sensitivity to presence rather than trance or mediumistic possession. Her practice is compared with the spiritualist painting of Georgiana Houghton and Hilma af Klint, where artistic creation relied on passive mediumship and the subordination of the artist’s body to spiritual agencies. The comparison reveals a shift from hierarchical models of revelation toward relational forms of creation, in which painting functions both as a liminal object and relational process through which connections between the living and the dead acquire temporary stability.20262026-09-16 16:07:43Članek v reviji187943UDK: 133.9:39ISSN pri članku: 1408-6271DOI: 10.3986/SMS20262911COBISS_ID: 291339267sl