Town offered masterpiece mural

The best things in life truly are free.

Just ask members of the La Conner Arts Commission.

Commissioners at their video-conferenced meeting last Thursday reviewed the proposed donation to the Town of a striking four-panel, 20-foot mural sporting a sweeping panoramic view of La Conner.

The family of the mural’s creator, master artist Bob Patterson, is making the panels available to the Town, Mayor Ramon Hayes said.

“It’s every bit a masterpiece, that’s for sure,” said Hayes, at the 30-minute Zoomed session.

Hayes envisions Maple Hall as the locale for the mural, which depicts La Conner from Rai...