Portugal Walk Map #41

"Roving has always been and still is my ruling passion , the joy of my heart, my sunshine of existence. In boyhood and in mans estate I have been a river. Not a mere rambler among the woody glens and hilltops of my own native land but an enthusiastic river throughout the length and breath of a wide wide world." One of my favorite authors is JM Barry. I was reading about his influences and Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne was one of his favorite books. I started reading it and it opened with the quote in this flag and I loved it so much, so perfect.
This is map piece #41 from my current walk, a 350 mile walk across Portugal. The piece is my art done on a map page used for the walk. The map goes with me on the walk and guides me and contains the walk in the dirt, rain , sweat or whatever accumulates on it from the road. I find it special for that reason. The sentence I come up with or find on the walk and graffiti it on the walk. The piece is made on the road, on the walk. My aim with my art is to give a piece of the walk through my art and I do believe that is accomplished because of the aspects of the art previously mentioned. Another part of the art is that the selling of the art is what enables me to further walk. In my mind that is part of the art, the way everything goes together. The walking feeds the thinking which creates the sentences and I do my art on the road doing what I love and the art helps me to keep going and doing what I love.
The thick red line on the Piece is the path I walked.
The map is printed on high quality 250g paper. And the art is done with alcohol based and acrylic markers.
Comes with 3 Screen printed Eggshell stickers.