“I don’t know that he gained his income from painting. I think he was just kind of recently recognized as having value in his paintings. I’m sure he logged and did everything else like everybody up here. You find a way to make a living. [You] scratch it out.” – Gail Blackmer on local artist and canoe builder Bill Hafeman Bigfork, MN is a remote, naturally beautiful community in northern Minnesota. With the Bigfork River running right through this small town that is surrounded by lakes, the