RED LAKE FALLS, MINNESOTA (KFGO-AM) -- An artist from northwestern Minnesota is trying raise awareness of domestic violence.
Bonnie Lee of Red Lake Falls has started the Beautiful Life Project on Facebook. Lee is painting portraits of her friend Tina Martin who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in Texas in 2006 and her cousin, Dawn Sanquist-Anderson, was killed by her estranged husband in her Park Rapids home in 2011.
Lee initially planned to do this as a Minnesota project but has been hearing from others across the country who have stories to tell.
Lee and other artists will now collaborate on the project. She hopes to get 10 portraits from all fifty states. The goal is to do ten portaits from every state this year.
Evenutally Lee would like to see the project grow to 100 portraits from every state and to display them in an exbibit.