RICHARD WATTS
  • about the artist
  • earth etchings
    • exhibitions
    • process
    • gallery
  • sculpture and installation
  • ongoing explorations
    • developing projects
    • community art
  • contact

earth etchings process

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Honor the earth. Ask its permission. Then, make an image of its spirit - a skin - to share with people. That's my work: an effort to reconnect the human spirit with the spirit of nature.
Earth Etchings are made by Canadian land artist Richard Watts, as a way of honouring and reconnecting us with the land. Each one presents a one-of-a-kind portrait of the spirit world around us: trees, rock, boats, homes and objects all feature in Watts' work. Earth Etchings are made using a vulcanized latex mold-making rubber embedded with several layers of gauze, like creating a canvas or cocoon, pressed into the surfaces of the landscape around us and embedded with natural phenomena (leaves, porcupine quills, etc.) This process creates an "impression" of the landscape that is then lit carefully from behind to reveal the intricate and minute details of our world's body and spirit.

These spiritual works are unique to Canada, and a way of documenting and respecting the ever-changing land around us. Through the process, Watts' seeks to draw attention to the deeper spiritual world that exists in everyday life, reconnecting humanity to the land and nature.
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Earth Etchings and sculpture process video, 2015

For finished work, see gallery

Commissions

Work can be commissioned in
​various sizes - contact the artist at Richard(at)RawArt2.com
ALL WORK © 2019. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Curatorial Inquiries

For exhibition and curatorial inquiries, contact Richard at
Richard(at)RawArt2.com
  • about the artist
  • earth etchings
    • exhibitions
    • process
    • gallery
  • sculpture and installation
  • ongoing explorations
    • developing projects
    • community art
  • contact