Just north of Cokeville Wyoming in the middle of a sage brush patch you will find these metal pieces of art to the side of highway 89.
I’ve driven by these many times wondering why someone would go through the effort to make these. After seeing them once again this past weekend I started to think. The winters in Wyoming are long and cold, I’m sure some farmer had all the material lying around and decided to put them to good use.
I grew up on a farm and am familiar with having an excess of metal lying around. My grandpa was a creative man, he would be able to shape bend and assemble metal into some piece of farm equipment to make his life easier as a farmer. I appreciate all the hard work people go through to make art, especially now that I have an interest in photography.
The grass and sagebrush don’t help much to show how big these are, if you look at the image below at it’s ears you will notice they are shovels.
If anyone knows the history behind these feel free to leave a comment.
Canon 40D * EF-70-200mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 1/1000 second * f/4
Canon 40D * EF-70-200mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 1/1000 second * f/4
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I’ve always found road art like this humorous yet interesting, yet for some reason I never stop off to capture any shots. Nicely done to think of it. Were you thinking of Ann when you shot them with the 89 reference?
I can say that the road-runner is the newest – first saw it last February, wasn’t there when I had been through the previous fall. They photograph well in the winter too, when there’s nice snow cover. Let me know what you find out. AT
I remember these critters…my son got a kick out of them on our road trip…