"I believe that Stan's work embodies at its core the essence of critical discussion about popular art versus fine art...

Herd's work has become a platform for discussion of the media's influence on art, an artist's influence on the media, and their combined effect on popular culture."
Fred McCraw, 1994

"As an artist with a special love for the land, I remember summers of my childhood riding the tractor on windswept fields of the High Plains. With my imagination to keep me company, I came to view the land through stories and observations of my parents and grandparents. I watched as they handled the earth, running it through their hands while testing for moisture and signs of life."
Stan Herd, Crop Art & Other Earth Works, November 1993