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Artist goes back in time to paint Women of Faith portraits

Artist goes back in time to paint Women of Faith portraits EUAN KERR, Minnesota Public Radio News Apr 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota artist Mark Balma is drawing on ancient techniques to create three huge frescoes for a church in Italy. He planned to do the work on site, but the pandemic intervened. As he faced a modern challenge, he turned to an approach developed more than 2,000 years ago. When the coronavirus halted international travel, a friend offered Balma the use of an undeveloped atrium in a new building in Uptown Minneapolis. The ventilation system is borderline deafening, but it’s got big windows and great natural light.

Minnesota artist uses ancient techniques to create portraits of Women of Faith for church in Italy

Minnesota artist uses ancient techniques to create portraits of Women of Faith for church in Italy The pictures are destined for the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Terni, Italy, about 40 miles outside Rome. Written By: Euan Kerr / MPR News | 8:13 am, Apr. 30, 2021 × Painter Mark Balma with two of his in-progress paintings from his Women of Faith project, which feature female characters from the Bible, the Koran and the Torah, in Minneapolis on March 11, 2021. Balma says these are still very much works in progress, and it is hard to get a full appreciation for the scope of the project without seeing all 10 images in place in the church. Evan Frost / MPR News

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