Kel Portman

Artist, lecturer, curator, co-founder of walking arts collective Walking the Land, independent researcher 
Cards, books & prints available artworks.eu.com/wordpress/proj

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-03-05

5th March 2026

A new daily work in progress
A walk of 28 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | branches move the slightest breeze | sunlight trickles through


///almost.scenes.items

it's almost too much
such scenes of utter beauty
items that inspire


@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-03-04

4th March 2026

A new daily work in progress
A walk of 386 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | watched over by trees | silence and the sound of forgotten sorrows

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///page.special.irony

turning history's page
rememb'ring those special times
without irony

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-03-03

3rd March 2026

A new daily work in progress
A walk of 482 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | stones have toppled | empty benches lay in wait

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///lawns.letters.broken

on desolate lawns
where unopened letters fell
broken vows condoned

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-03-02

2nd March 26

5 more of my images from Pecha Kucha, held at Sva Johnstreet__ in Stroud and produced by @nick_grellier and @alexander_caminada_photography

The format is brief, concise and challenging…inviting artists to speak about their work for 6 minutes and 40 seconds, while showing 20 images for 20 seconds each.

Co-presenting were @nigelnoyesphotography @amandaharman_studio @simply_mib @fred.chance @pitchsnookhams and @alexander_caminada_photography

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-03-01

1st March 2026

A new daily work in progress
A walk of 7352 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | last year's crab apples litter the towpath | a watercourse is relocated

using a @what3words location as the basis of a

///freed.idea.estuaries
brook, freed from restraint
explores an idea and heads
towards estuaries

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-28

28th February 2026

A new daily work in progress
A walk of 1264 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | grief becomes reconciled | cherry blossom falls as if snow

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///reward.safely.jazzy

think of the reward!
few would safely consider
wearing jazzy shorts

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-27

27th February 2026

A new daily work in progress
A walk of 76 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | branches gesture to a threatening sky | park benches remain empty

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///huddling.move.observer

huddling together
in light breeze, but lost to the
casual observer

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-26

26th February 2026

A new daily work in progress
A garden walk of 25 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | again rain has started | rooks begin to return as light fades

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///serve.rainbow.landscape

as sun fails to serve
no rainbow's likely today
landscape remains grey

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-26

26th February 26

More of my images from Pecha Kucha, held at Sva Johnstreet__ in Stroud and produced by @nick_grellier and @alexander_caminada_photography

The format is brief, concise and challenging…inviting artists to speak about their work for 6 minutes and 20 seconds, while showing 20 images for 20 seconds each.

Co-presenting were @nigelnoyesphotography @amandaharman_studio @simply_mib @fred.chance @pitchsnookhams and @alexander_caminada_photography

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-25

25th February 2026

A new daily work in progress
A walk of 17 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | trees and branches return to soil | soft sounds of the hidden brook

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///footpath.adopt.magically

just by the footpath
plants adopt a new, green look
magically transformed

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-24

24th February 2026

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 2840 paces | in celebration of boundaries | between two shadows | a marriage between two trees | embracing branches

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-23

23rd February 2026

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 2840 paces | in celebration of boundaries | passing between years | I walk into new shadows | real and imagined

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-22

22nd February 2026

A daily work in progress
A walk of 15975 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | wild garlic appears | a damaged owl is found

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///emotional.steepest.taster

it gets emotional
when the steepest moral hills
are just a taster

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-21

21st February 2026

A daily work in progress
A walk of 1427 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | mist forms, lingers, then dissolves | sheepdog plies her trade

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///noon.news.truth

it's well before noon
this mornings news, history
still distant from truth

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-20

20th February 2026

A daily work in progress
A walk of 326 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | grasses flattened by tides | messages left in newly formed sand bars

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///useful.theory.inclined

though seen as useful
their theory was full of faults
and inclined to fail

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-19

19th February 2026

A daily work in progress
A garden walk of 31 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | vestiges of colour brighten a grey day | two robins appear

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///folds.redeeming.audibly

folds of petals have
many redeeming features
we gasp audibly

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-18

18th February 2026

A daily work in progress
A walk of 326 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | current carries tokens from mountains | tides leave their traces

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///forgotten.intrigues.adopters

all but forgotten
past intrigues no more than dust
to late adopters

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-17

17th February 2026

A daily work in progress
A walk of 1529 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | mistletoe proves popular | led by a pathway of desire

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///bucked.downsize.deliver

now truly bucked up
and not having to downsize
will it deliver?

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-16

16th February 2026

A daily work in progress
A walk of 2576 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | newly fallen trees return to the wet earth | infant river changes course

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///cascade.forgiving.crawled

above this cascade
forgiving brook now renewed
when once it just crawled

@walctogether

Kel PortmanKelArrowsmith
2026-02-15

15th February 2026

A daily work in progress
A walk of 2582 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | ivy struggles to find light | rust forms on abandoned plant

using a @what3words location as the basis of a
///delusions.many.farm

delusions of power
come in so many guises
men farm trickery

@walctogether

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