The ever-looming presence that watches over Nova Scotia’s Highway 103 — a pair of large boulders painted as eyes — will soon be no more.

The "eyeball rocks" that sit on the left side of the road between exits 7 and 6 heading toward Halifax will be blasted as the province prepares to twin the highway. "I'm kind of sad to see them go, but if they got to go, they got to go,” said Jason Smith, one of the original artists behind the eyes.

Smith and his friend Neil created the artwork with their kids in October 2017, when the side of the highway was cleared and the rocks were exposed. Until now, the creators haven't been publicly identified, although Smith said Neil prefers to remain anonymous.

"I've never seen a better canvas for rock art anywhere than when those popped out," Smith said, ad

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