Fen & Flow: an exhibition of paintings by Fred Ingrams

Clare Hall is pleased to present an exhibition by Fred Ingrams, an artist inspired by the landscapes of the Fens and the Flow country of Caithness.

The artist showed a talent for drawing and painting and began his career with a spell at Camberwell and St Martin’s School of Art.  His early career was spent in the lively environment of Soho, London. He worked for several magazines as graphic designer and artistic director. He also continued to paint and was exhibited in several London galleries.

In the 1990s the artist moved to Norfolk and found in the Fenland countryside his true vocation. Here he discovered his affinity with the landscape which he has painted ever since. Those who know this linear, flat, man-manipulated landscape report that the artist has captured something precious of the essence of this landscape.

More recently he has discovered that other flat land – Caithness’s Flow country.

Lying in the far northeast of Scotland, the Flow country is formed from ancient rock, scoured by ice in the last ice age and now made up of peat bogs and lochs.

Both landscapes speak of nature -one tamed and utilised for agriculture, one forgotten and remote, both are fragile and vulnerable to climate change and both stimulate Fred’s particular perception of these flat and evocative places.

Fred gives life, movement and vigour to overlooked landscapes of Britain. We hope that viewers will respond to these landscapes and be captivated as many before them.