Artist inspired as mural takes shape

Using an elevated platform on a crane, Guido van Helten paints on the west side of the Union Silo project in downtown Minot Wednesday, Aug. 6.

Visible on Minot’s downtown skyline, a giant mural has been taking shape silos that once were icons of the region’s agricultural industry. Over the course of the summer, images have begun to form recognizable scenes on the sides of a former grain elevator.

Artist Guido van Helten said the images may seem disconnected at this stage, but there is a connectedness in the project that will bring the mural’s story to life in the end.

“Everything will eventually speak to each other in a way. But in terms of how it’s going, it’s going as best as it can” he said.

“You can’t really plan these things, because they are kind of unpredictable by nature,” he e