--- title: See the Massive Crop Circle of Beto O'Rourke's Face in Texas description: An artist has made a crop circle portrait of 2020 candidate Beto O'Rourke. Here's what the Austin, Texas, artwork looks like from above. canonical: https://time.com/5554385/texas-beto-orourke-portrait/ author: Rachel E. 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Beto O'Rourke gives a speech during a campaign stop in State College, PA on March 19, 2019. Bastiaan Slabbers—NurPhoto/Getty Images by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Mar 19, 2019 5:23 PM UTC If your upcoming flight lands in Austin, Texas, you’re going to have more than just a view of the city. An artist has created a crop circle using organic materials such as mulch, sand and clay to make a portrait of 2020 presidential contender [Beto O’Rourke](http://time.com/5553456/beto-orourke-fundraising/), who [announced his candidacy](http://time.com/5541574/beto-orourke-running-president-2020/) last week. > [](https://twitter.com/%5FJuanRodriguez%5F/status/1107669367905546240) The artist, Stan Herd, reportedly spent up to $10,000 in the materials, transportation and housing the project took, but he told [ABC’s local news channel in Austin, KVUE](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/434683-beto-2020-crop-circle-emerges-in-texas), that it was a community effort to make the artwork. > [](https://twitter.com/%5FJuanRodriguez%5F/status/1107753835357982726) The portrait has a diameter of approximately two acres and it is located just a couple miles north of Austin Bergstrom International Airport. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5554385/texas-beto-orourke-portrait/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5554385/texas-beto-orourke-portrait/"},"headline":"Man Creates a Massive Crop Circle of Beto O'Rourke's Face. 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