Stan is constantly at work on new projects. It's not unusual for him to work simultaneously on multiple fields separated by thousands of miles. The artist is currently communicating with a number of clients and patrons about commissioned works of a more permanent nature including rock mosaics, earthwork mounds, and large sculpture, along with the more transitory earthworks. The issue of transforming a natural landscape into a permanent art work, such as the Amelia Earhart portrait in Atchison, changed the focus of the earthworks from the purity of the temporary statement, to the realm of the landscape architect.

"Along with the need to support the earthworks while creating them, I work to strike a balance between passion driven artistic expression and survival driven commercial projects."
Stan Herd, 1999

"All over the world farmers draw with the plow, harrow, and harvesting combine, and paint with the colors of their crops...

... some of these exhibits (fields) rival the mystery of prehistoric ground drawings; others conjure up the tumultuous abstractions of modern canvases...

Stan Herd's clover field still life is art for art's sake."
Georg Gerster, Amber Waves of Grain, 1990

While most artistic endeavor, outside of performance art, evolves in the relative isolation of the studio, Stan's earthworks are a collaboration between the artist and numerous groups of people including artistic special interest groups, agriculture specialists, farmers, photographers, and pilots, along with friends and family.

Stan's wife Janis worked behind the scenes for eighteen years to provide project coordination and essential support for the work.