 In 1994, he was commissioned to create the heroic bronze statue, "Our Forebears of the Coast", which stands on the Kennebunkport River Green.Handlen was a Fellow of The American Society of Marine Artists for 22 years.He illustrated "Seapiece The Story of a Maine Boy" by Will Beale and "The Story of Maine for Young Readers" by Melville Freeman and Estelle Hale Perry.