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Artist Malena Handeen tells what inspired her to paint the scene in the mural. |
Malena Handeen painted the mural behind the Chippewa River Canoe in 2015. Ms. Handeen is an accomplished artist, songwriter and musician. She is also a CSA farmer and runs Easy Bean Farm with her husband Michael Jacobs.
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The canoe was found along an “oxbow” in the river. An oxbow in the river was at one time the main channel until the river cut a straighter path. The mural depicts both the the main stream and the oxbow. The still waters of oxbow, like the canoe, represent relics of an earlier time.
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