新概念雙語：農(nóng)作物藝術(shù)家大地創(chuàng)作梵高名畫

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(nóng)作物”藝術(shù)家斯坦·赫德正為自己的最新力作——1.2英畝的文森特·梵高名作“橄欖樹”-“畫”上最后的幾筆。

"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(dāng)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.

原畫作屬于明尼阿波里斯市藝術(shù)學(xué)院藝術(shù)藏品。過去六個月以來，赫德一直就在湯森路透學(xué)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(xué)院一百周年慶典的組成部分。

"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著，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(fēng)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(shù)家斯坦赫德已經(jīng)把在田野上及世界其他開闊的空間中創(chuàng)作巨型畫像作為自己的事業(yè)了。

A view of the work early in the process, July 28, 2015.

2015年7月28日 創(chuàng)作過程早期階段畫作一覽。