KINDRED, N.D. — As a printmaker, Eric A. Johnson is often confined in how big he can create by the size of his printing press, often working smaller than 40-by-30 inches.

This summer, though, he stretched out on his biggest canvas yet.

Johnson and residents of Kindred, North Dakota, created a mural on the town’s main drag. The large painting covers the side of a building next to 701 Spirits and Grill. The roughly 15-by-17 foot colorful piece of art highlights aspects of the community’s history and identity.

Johnson lives in Hillsboro, North Dakota, but after attending a workshop on creating public art, he set out looking for a community partnership. He found it in Kindred where he had previously been an artist-in-residence, working with the Kindred Arts Partnership and community booster

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