01/26/2026
Maryna Bilak's frescos will be on display starting with the opening of her exhibition on Thursday, January 29th at 6pm at the Hudson Area Library.
For more information, read Trixie's List's article:
https://www.trixieslist.com/2026/01/22/maryna-bilak-fresco-painting-exhibition-and-workshops/
Over the past several years, Maryna Bilak has honed her craft of creating frescos, an ancient and lasting art form. On top of a layer of light cement, she mixes slaked lime with sand, and creates a fresco layer, intonaco, then applies pigments to its surface. The chemical reaction with limestone and oxygen seals the colored pigments into the stone, creating a permanent work of art. When working with frescos, the artist must set aside a certain amount of work to be accomplished within an eight to ten hour period, or ‘within a day.’ In Italian, the term is giornate. Even the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a fresco by Michelangelo, was divided into individual daily workable segments.
