“I like the song ‘Purple Rain, ‘” Hanson, who lives in a tiny community in rural North Dakota, told the Grand Forks Herald, referring to the music legend’s 1984 hit.
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Gene Hanson and his buddies, who he calls “a bunch of old-timers”, were having breakfast at a cafe in the small town of Edgely, North Dakota, when the death of Prince came up.
He fashioned the huge, unpronouceable image, also known as the “love symbol” in his field last week to honor the late pop start even though he says he’s really not a fan. He photographed the final result from his airplane.
Hanson says he “couldn’t believe that it had turned out so well”. “This one just happened to turn out first try”. “I was probably the most surprised”.
He said the photo of the symbol has been seen on television and Facebook “and all over”.
Prince, 57, died on April 21 at his Paisley Park compound in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen.
One of those 563 is Gene Hanson, a retired farmer with a penchant for carving messages into his field: “Happy Mother’s Day”, or, recently, “PRAY FOR RAIN”.
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“I guess everyone’s a fan of Prince right now, since he passed away”, Hanson told the Herald.
