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Cadillac Ranch

The Cadillac Ranch - Another famous attraction in Amarillo, Texas, on Route 66. It is a public art installation and sculpture.  It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group “Ant Farm Group” and was sponsored by Stanley Marsh 3, an artist, philanthropist and prankster from Amarillo, Texas. 

In Pop Culture -  A tribute to the “Cadillac Ranch” was featured in the Walt Disney and Pixar film “Cars” , a movie about the Mother Road “Route 66″.  The fictional town of Radiator Springs, which sits at the edge of an area referenced on a map as the “Cadillac Range”, and throughout the movie, rock formations shaped like the cars, buried in the ground, can be seen as a horizon backdrop.

“Cadillac Ranch” is the name of a Bruce Springsteen song on his 1980 album “The River”. There is also a song called “Cadillac Ranch” by the late John Stewart, on his album “Rough Sketches“, which is about Route 66. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band also has a song called “Cadillac Ranch” in which the iconic Cadillac is praised.

In 2008, Cadillac Ranch can be seen in the musical video for the song, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” by The Caged Elephant. All outdoor shots in the 2009 video of Brooks and Dunn’s song “Honky Tonk Stomp” were filmed at the Cadillac Ranch.

The cars are forever changing, as people are encouraged to bring their own cans of spray paint and add their mark to the Iconic piece of art.  The cars are right in the middle of a wheat field, south of the Interstate 40 (Route 66) Just west of Amarillo.

The above picture is of my pencil sketch of the ranch.  I have in the works a painting of the ranch from a different angle, which I will post as soon as I am finished. 

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