Battleford will become the owner of an original watercolour painting of its United Grain Growers and Pool elevators by Saskatchewan artist Jack Heshka.
Town councillors voted to purchase the painting after receiving a letter from Eunice Heshka of Regina, wife of the painter, who has been offering her husband's paintings of Saskatchewan elevators to localities across the province.
She wrote, "My husband painted nearly all of the elevators in Saskatchewan and towns, cities and stations in Saskatchewan."
She added, the paintings have been going quickly, and, since her husband is not well, he will no longer be painting.
She asked a price of $140 plus $13 postage for the 11 by 14 watercolour, which council agreed to pay.
The painting depicts two elevators. Only the former UGG elevator is standing today.
