ARTFUL TRACTOR: Amazing Picasso Tribute In Field

This is the amazing tribute to Pablo Picasso made in a field by an Italian artist with a tractor, plough, and rotary harrow.

Artist Dario Gambarin based his incredible creation on the Spanish painter's famous 1907 self-portrait.

Titled "Free Picasso!", the Italian carved the work - without the use of technology - into a 25,000-square-metre field outside Castagnaro, Verona Province.

He created it to mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of Picasso, which happened on 8th April 1973.

Gambarin, who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna 30 years ago, told Newsflash in an interview: "I would call my land art 'eco land art' because I only use the land for a week in the window after the harvest and before reseeding.

"Wheat, soy, or corn stubble become the colour of my canvases. It is an ephemeral art. The portraits last from a few hours to a week and then vanish because the sun, the wind, and the rain deteriorate them."

Gambarin, who is also a lawyer and psychotherapist, said: "I only work with my imagination. I'm like a blind painter when I'm on the tractor. I can't see anything.

"I have a great sense of space and proportion. I fix the image in my head, I draw the portrait several times on the table, and then I go and execute it in the earth.

"For this art form you have to use your imagination - not being able to control the space. When you work are in artistic trance.

"It's a great satisfaction after seeing the work I had imagined by seeing the aerial photos.

"I work a few weeks a year to continue working with tractors so as not to lose the manual skills that are very important for my job.

"They must be filmed immediately as soon as they are finished. My works are performances that must be performed and completed without interruptions. They do not admit mistakes - it's like having cut a canvas.

"I don't use GPS or other systems. This job is really hard and you can't go wrong."

As well as his eco land art, Gambarin has worked with acrylic and oil on canvas and has specialised in faces and portraits, as well as neo-expressionist abstract painting.

He has more than 50 international exhibitions to his name.

He is also a musician who plays the piano and sometimes conducts small orchestras.

On what inspired him to create his latest work, he told Newsflash: "I hope others, when they see my work, will understand that the Earth too can give deep and true messages, and, above all, that a conscience develops to respect our planet."