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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Susan Clark

‘Supernatural force tells me when to paint,’ says artist who works with human ashes

A Texas-based artist who paints memorial artworks incorporating the ashes of loved ones said he believes he has “seen apparitions” and is guided by a “force that decides when I can and can’t paint”.

Federico Portalupi, 38, never believed in things that go bump in the night until he started creating his memorial art during a lockdown in the coronavirus pandemic.

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