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French's Mural Honors Minnesota Lakes

July 26, 2021
Samantha French with the Minnesota lakes mural ; Samantha French
Samantha French

Longtime partners and collaborators Samantha French ’05 and Aaron Hauck ’05 returned to French's hometown of Nisswa to paint a mural.

Like many Minnesotans, water was an integral part of French's childhood. As a kid, she spent all summer on the water. She learned how to operate a boat before she learned how to drive a car.

Some artists want their paintings to tell a specific story. That's not the case with French and Hauck; they hope people project their own experiences onto the mural, perhaps their own nostalgic memories of escaping life's chaos with the tranquility of one of Minnesota's 10,000-plus lakes.

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