Big canvases, small towns: Muralist Layne Stafford paints pride across rural Kansas

Big canvases, small towns: Muralist Layne Stafford paints pride across rural Kansas

By Ron Wilson This artist needs to think big. That’s because his proverbial canvas isn’t just a small square on an easel, it might be the side of a building. Today we’ll meet a rural Kansas man who is creating murals for communities across Kansas and beyond. Layne Stafford is the artist who has created murals around the state. He grew up in Hill City where his father was a music teacher. “Creativity was encouraged at our house growing up,” Staf…