農作物藝術家大地作畫：4800平方米梵高名作

In Eagan Friday morning, crop Artist Stan Herd was putting the finishing touches on his latest huge work. It's a 1.2-acre rendition of Vincent van Gogh's painting "Olive Trees."
在伊根星期五的早上，“農作物”藝術家斯坦·赫德正爲自己的最新力作——1.2英畝的文森特·梵高名作“橄欖樹”-“畫”上最後的幾筆。

"It never looks like I want it to," he said. "I always know it could be much better. But I'm fairly satisfied with it."
“這幅作品從來都不是我想的樣子”斯坦·赫德說。“我一直都知道這幅畫可以畫得更好。但是我對它還是相當滿意的。”

The original painting is part of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collection. For the past six months, Herd has been at work on a parcel of land on the edge of the Thomson Reuters campus, planting, weeding and watering to bring the painting to life. It's part of the institute's centennial celebrations.
原畫作屬於明尼阿波里斯市藝術學院藝術藏品。過去六個月以來，赫德一直就在湯森路透學院邊際的一宗土地上勞作、種樹、除草、澆水，賦予畫作以生命的活力。這幅畫作也是學院一百週年慶典的組成部分。

"I bit off a lot here, to try to pull this off," Herd said. "A few of the plants were eaten by deer, and a few were blown over. But that's the dance of nature."
“我一直在這努力地堅持着，試圖把這件事做成功，”赫德說。“栽種的植物一些被麋鹿吃掉了，一些被風給吹走了。但是那只是大自然的舞姿罷了。”

Kansas artist Stan Herd has built a career creating huge images in fields and other open spaces around the world.
堪薩斯州藝術家斯坦赫德已經把在田野上及世界其他開闊的空間中創作巨型畫像作爲自己的事業了。

A view of the work early in the process, July 28, 2015.
2015年7月28日 創作過程早期階段畫作一覽。