Vaughn, New Mexico: Cowboy Rukus: Giant Cowboy Cutouts
An 18-foot-tall cowboy points accusingly across the highway at another towering cowpoke, who shrugs it off. Created by artist John Cerney, the giant full-color wooden cutouts are modeled on the two cowboy brothers who own the land.
- Address:
- US Hwy 285, Vaughn, NM
- Directions:
- About 22.5 miles east of Vaughn, on both sides of US Hwy 285, between mileposts 184 and 183.
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Artist John Cerney has placed a number of different photorealist billboard-like artworks along highways across the country. In this one, a giant cowboy points accusingly across the road at another towering cowpoke, who shrugs it off.