“Every time I do one of my Art Perambulations I take with me my sketchbook. As I perambulate over different terrains I place my sketchbook on the ground and perambulate over it. The resulting marks are an intimate memory of a specific moment in time. As I often do the same perambulation many times over, I am building up a wide-ranging record of the effects of climate warming, with the same perambulation often leading to markedly different boot-based mark making.”
Watson’s work is available in various sizes and several of his sketchbooks (that haven’t been claimed by the environmental agency to help their records) can be purchased by any collector willing to sign up to Watson’s Art Perambulation Manifesto. This Manifesto can be examined by contacting Pimlico Wilde or Carp Watson himself.
Carp Watson is not just one of the greatest Land Artists working today, but is a visionary – his epic piece “A map of my walk from Exeter to Bodmin Moor at 1:1 scale” remains the biggest artwork I have ever seen.
Bill Revant, The Exeter Antiques & Cattle Gazette