June FriesenHerman Friesen is a well-known artist specializing in prairie landscapes and wildlife captured with oil on canvas. His special interest is the grain elevators that stood as sentinels overlooking the Saskatchewan towns. As these sentinels began to disppear from the prairie landscape, his goal became to preserve their memory. Herman spent many years travelling around the province while taking photos of the remaining elevators. These are the photos that were used as references when painting the images found in this book.

Herman has retired to the town of Springside, Saskatchewan, with his wife June and continues to enjoy painting and gardening as well as spending time with their 3 children, 6 grandchildren and their recently added great grandson. He especially looks forward to summers when travel is easier and is planning a future book featuring churches which though no longer used, are still an important part of our history. Read More Read Less