Inside the shell of Haines’ newest commercial building in early April, above a row of empty coolers, Merrick Bochart is in a scissor lift working on a 30-foot long painted mural.
She’s putting highlights in the acrylic fur of a bear that looks out over a panorama of the Upper Lynn Canal. It’s the view someone would take in if they were standing at the top of Geisan/Mount Ripinsky.
By the time she’s done painting,…
