EXCITING NEWS! The Kickstarter campaign for my incredible 1000 mile walking and plein air painting adventure “Every Five Miles: Painting the Way of Saint James” is now LIVE HERE!
This September, I’ll be setting out to walk and paint the Way of Saint James (also known as the Camino de Santiago de Compostela). I’ll be walking 1000 miles through France and Spain alongside my donkey, Midas, and will be stopping to do a plein air painting every 5 miles along the entire route. The journey will take four months of walking and painting, crossing over the Pyrenees at the onset of winter. By the end of the journey, I’ll have created a body of work consisting of a series of 200 plein air paintings that share the story of this ancient and powerful route as it is today and that connect with its unique sense of place.
I’m attempting to raise the entire budget for this adventure on Kickstarter (see the end of this post for an explanation), by pre-selling the plein air paintings from the journey on my kickstarter campaign page, as well as other paintings and rewards.
This is a limited and exclusive opportunity, so I’d love to invite you to be one of the first to purchase one of these unique original paintings from this historically and culturally significant part of the world, or to back my expedition at any reward level that makes sense for you.
Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing campaign and I have only 30 days to raise the entire funding goal for this expedition, so your early support will really help me with important early momentum!
Thank you for taking the time to look at my campaign. Even if you’re not personally interested in providing backing, please will you share this with your friends and contacts in case they may be? Only by spreading the word far and wide will this project get off the ground.
If you have any queries please feel free to contact me at every5miles2018@gmail.com
Remember, the rewards are limited so check it out now while you can.
Thank you so much for your support!
What is a Kickstarter Campaign?
Kickstarter is a way of raising funds online for great creative projects.
Artists present their project online on the kickstarter website to enable people to become backers.
People who back kickstarter projects aren’t being asked to give money for nothing. Artists offer tangible rewards in exchange for support of their projects.
There are different rewards at various prices.
It works by people pledging to buy rewards. Artists also ask people to share the project link by email and social media to their friends and contacts who may be interested, so that it spreads the word to more potential backers.
Kickstarter has an “ALL or NOTHING” funding model so if the project doesn’t meet its financial goal, the project fails, the backers are not charged and no rewards are received
If the project meets or exceeds its financial goal the backers pledges are charged to their credit cards at the end of the campaign and the project goes ahead
Wow! You’re taking plein air painting to a whole new level! Good luck on your journey.
Thank you for your good luck wishes! Yes, it’s quite a challenge but I can’t wait!
Sharon, I missed the July 29 deadline but would still like to support your effort. Is there anyway I can still sign up for an original painting and the book? I would like to gift $300.00 (USD?) to your trip. I love this idea. Your paintings in Sedona when we took the workshop with Albert Handell in 2016 were really wonderful. You are really fabulous.
A tremendous effort, reminds me of the film “The Way”.
Thank you Doug! I saw that film just before I left and loved it.
Absolutely beautiful paintings! What an endeavor; I can’t imagine undertaking such a challenge, but if you love painting and love the Camino, it’s no doubt a pleasure, too. What medium did you use most of the time?
My daughter did a shortened version of the Camino. She had done it in 2017 by herself walking through Portugal and Spain and loving most of it. She had to be pretty aggressive in her walking because of limited time off work, and her desire to do as much as possible in the 11 days she had. She succeeded, and I think it changed her life. After doing a short Camino with me (aged 71) this past May, she decided to move to Spain, getting out of the hustle and bustle of the big city in which she lived and worked. As a graphic designer and photographer (not professional but trained), she has been able to work remotely for an income. I found the Camino challenging, and I didn’t feel as “changed” as she did, but we are at two different stages of life. My arthritis was a factor in our doing only 112 kilometers, however, time again was a consideration for her.
After the Camino my husband met me in Burgos (which we loved) and we went to various towns in the Aragon and Huesca regions mostly, staying in Barbastro, Zaragosa, and Logrono. I believe the Camino Frances passes through some of those towns. We loved everything we saw and loved the Spanish lifestyle. We’ll be going back to visit my daughter in Andulcia near Christmas.