FRAGILE PLACES

‘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

Fred Ingrams was born in 1964. He studied at Camberwell and later expelled from St. Martins School of Art.
For ten years he painted above the Coach & Horses pub in Soho, whilst exhibiting in various central London galleries.
He has worked as a graphic designer and art director on many magazines including: Sunday Times, The Field, Tatler, Vogue and House & Garden.
In 1998 he moved to Norfolk where he divides his time painting in Norfolk and the Flow Country.