--- 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. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-19T17:23:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:12.291Z og:title: Man Creates a Massive Crop Circle of Beto O'Rourke's Face og:description: Here's what it looks like from above og:url: https://time.com/5554385/texas-beto-orourke-portrait/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dbe6a6e2ec54ea4/698946ed22fb8513a7e27f55/beto-orourke-crop-circle-art-texas.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: See the Massive Crop Circle of Beto O'Rourke's Face in Texas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Creates a Massive Crop Circle of Beto O'Rourke's Face twitter:description: Here's what it looks like from above twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dbe6a6e2ec54ea4/698946ed22fb8513a7e27f55/beto-orourke-crop-circle-art-texas.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Creates a Massive Crop Circle of Beto O'Rourke's Face. Here's What It Looks Like From Above by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Mar 19, 2019 5:23 PM UTC  Beto O'Rourke gives a speech during a campaign stop in State College, PA on March 19, 2019. 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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