Fragile Places is Fred Ingrams’ first exhibition in five years, showing his recent work on the Flow Country and the Norfolk coast. The paintings on show capture the vulnerability of the locations, susceptible to change and in some cases complete disappearance, through both changing climate conditions and direct forms of human intervention. Beautifully chosen colour palettes and structured compositions balance the painterly elements with the contextual, making for a rich and varied viewing experience.
The exhibition will include a free artist’s talk on Saturday 30 November, 2pm.
“After many years of painting The Fens, I needed a change and decided to start painting The Flow Country. This unique landscape in Caithness and Sutherland in the Far North couldn’t be more different. However, the more time I’ve spent painting there I have got to know this landscape better and have realised that the Flow Country has many things in common with the Fens. Both are roughly the same size (1500 sq miles), both are made up of large areas of peat. Both are carbon captures and have unique wildlife. Both have been neglected and overlooked by artists and both are now under threat. The Flow Country however has just been made a Unesco World Heritage site so perhaps there is hope. Painting The Flow Country has forced me to paint landscape in a different way and this has been both exciting and challenging. This is my first exhibition in five years and the first time I have shown my Flow Country paintings.” - Fred Ingrams