A Kansas man is using agriculture-inspired art to send a political message in honor of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Stan Hurd, founder and owner of Stan Hurd Arts and Earthworks contributor, created a large mural of current Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris in a field in Lawrence, Kansas.
“I’ve been a politically progressive for a long time. I’ve long believed in women’s leadership roles not just in the United States but around the world,” Heard said in explaining her reasons for creating the portrait.
Hurd said this isn’t her first piece related to the vice president: She also painted a portrait of herself and Biden when he was elected vice president four years ago.
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Stan Hurd of Earthworks created a portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris in a field in Lawrence, Kansas. (Stan Hurd/Earthworks)
“I painted a portrait of then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the hope that Biden would deliver on his promise of being a stepping stone for a new generation,” Hurd said.
Hurd said the entire portrait took 12 days of work and 25 yards of mulch to create, and was made using natural resources from the earth.
“It’s been a lot of fun traveling around the country doing this,” Hurd said, “and I hope it touches people’s hearts and makes a difference.”
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“I started working on Gretchen Whitmer and really started painting the image, but then something happened that made me realize I needed to wait, so I put a question mark two days before and then I’ll start working on it as soon as I can once she decides or the party decides who they want to be the next vice president, and then we’ll go out and paint that portrait,” Hurd said.
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Hurd said he understands retaliation against his job is always a possibility, but if it does happen, it’s only part of his story.
“It’s time for this political thing to calm down. It’s not going to calm down in the next four months, but hopefully it will calm down when this is all over,” Hurd said.
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Hurd, 73, a Kansas native, has been creating art for the past 40 years and his work has been exhibited in 13 U.S. states and around the world, including China, Cuba, Australia and Brazil.
