Beau Bakken of Hallock, MN has been professionally creating art by commission since 2008. In annual Northwest Minnesota Arts Council art exhibits his submitted work has been judged 1st place in 2011, 2014, and 2022. He has won the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council Artist of the Year award in 2016. His work consists of large outdoor murals, outdoor business signs, indoor murals and indoor wall hangings. He is eager to work by commission in any of these fields. Projects that don’t fit into any of these categories may also be welcomed as long as a paintbrush in hand is involved,