I am walking the Camino de Santiago with my family. It is a 500 mile pilgrimage. We started in France, and will walk to Santiago de Compostela and hopefully onto Finesterre – the end of the earth. We are currently in the Rioja region of Spain, we walk through vineyards on the same route pilgrims have walked for over 1,000 years.

Instead of making many small paintings along the way, I wanted to capture THE WAY itself. I am making a collage of all the bits and pieces I collect as I go. The lines represent the many paths of many pilgrims. We walk with friends and the we loose track of them, sometimes we meet up again a few towns later. The lines of collage weave in and out to represent the many people from all over the world making their way to Santiago. The lines of collage also (loosely) represent the topography and many hills. When you start walking you are issued a passport, and you collect stamps from places where you stop to rest or eat along the way. Those stamps are also added into my collage.

On the back side of my concertina book (not yet pictured) are notes of the many people and stories we are gathering as we walk.