Ditch on Mildenhall Fen

Description

[Fred Ingrams](/artist/58960/fred-ingrams), a British landscape painter, is celebrated for his evocative depictions of the Fenlands in Eastern England. The Fens are perhaps the least loved landscape in Britain. For some reason the flatness of this huge area of Eastern England does not capture the heart. It is a landscape that does not fit into the ideal of a rolling “green and pleasant land”. They are, on the other hand as flat as a billiard table and to most people, featureless and grim. It seems that peoples fear of flatness keeps the Fens empty. Flatness also changes everything when you look into the distance. Distances becomes hard to judge and perspective seems altered from the normal making it like no other place in Britain. It is this flatness that protects the Fens and makes it one of the best kept secrets of our landscape. It is place full of strange stories, myths, strange place names and strange people. It is a landscape that is on the outside of a world that exists beyond the horizon. Fred Ingrams beautiful [abstract landscapes](/art/abstract/landscapes) capture this beauty.