Who expects to encounter fields of sculptures seemingly in the middle of nowhere? Visitors arriving in Borrego Springs, California can have a surprise. Vast swaths of land on either side of the road are populated with large rusted metal sculptures of everything from dinosaurs to wild horses and huge birds.
We’d not heard of the artist, Ricardo Breceda, but his work frequently draws visitors to Borrego Springs. He is a self taught metal sculptor whose work was discovered by a philanthropist who commissioned Breceda to create more than 100 works for his property at Galleta Meadows estate. A road through the desert allows visitors to get close to the sculptures in an unconventional desert gallery.