Exploring the Art of Kansas-based Artist: A 30-Year Retrospective

[dlgoff]

I meet this artist when he and I attended a lamaze birth training class over thirty years ago. I just thought about him and thought I would post his website. Being from Kansas, I was able to see a lot of his works. Here's a small sample:

 

[jedishrfu]

So his earthworks are photos of his actual earthwork art. Those must be really hard to implement. The detail is just fantastic.

 

[dlgoff]

So his earthworks are photos of his actual earthwork art. Those must be really hard to implement. The detail is just fantastic.

Yes, very difficult. I know he took a lot of measurements. I remember one that he did by painting large rocks used on the Kansas River dam in Lawrence, Kansas.

 

[dlgoff]

So his earthworks are photos of his actual earthwork art.

I just did a google search "Lawrence Journal world Stan Herd" and got some of his works. Here's one of Kamala Harris:

I believe that's him working on it with his tractor.

 

[dlgoff]

For those interested, here's a YouTube video of Stan and how he makes these crop arts:

 

[dlgoff]

I remember one that he did by painting large rocks used on the Kansas River dam in Lawrence, Kansas.

From http://www.lawrence.com/weblogs/shelf-life/2017/sep/6/relatively-wildinspired-intersections-of/

A larger image: