Ingrid Brown

b. 1982

Media

Press Release, St Ives Greta Williams Exhibition (click here)

Member

UK Artists Online (click here)

Associate Member

Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall (click here)

Exhibitions

2021

Ferens Open (Mixed Show): 24 Jul - 3 Oct, Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Kingston upon Hull

Greta Williams Room (Solo Show): July, 1st Floor, St Ives Library, Gabriel Street, St Ives, Cornwall

Highgate Contemporary Art (Mixed Show) Postcard Exhibition, May 2nd - 31st (Virtual/Online)

Royal Society of British Artists (Mixed Show) Annual Exhibition: 14 - 24 April, Mall Galleries, London

2020

Greta Williams Room (Solo Show), St Ives Library, 1st Floor, Gabrial Street, Cornwall: June (cancelled: C19)

'Notes from York: Rowntree Park Musings' (Solo Show) - From 8 Feb, Rowntree Park, York

2015

Preselected, The Pastel Society Exhibition 2016: Mall Galleries, London

Education

2011-12, MA Architectural History & Theory, University of York

2008-11, BA Hons History of Art (First Class), University of York

2000, Matric Fine Art & Textile Design (Distinction), Cape Town, SA

Achievements/Awards

2000, Distinction, Final Year Fine Art & Textile Design Exhibition, Matric (Grade 12), Cape Town, SA

1990, 1st Prize, Young Portrait Artists Competition (Aged 9), Cape Town, SA

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My practice observes nature, land and light.

I find great inspiration and extraordinary complexity in the simplest of subject matter and compositional arrangements; whether landscape, figurative or still life.

My method involves attempting to capture my experience & memory of an object or place by employing visible brush strokes, bold architectural marks made with the palette knife, and contrasting tone and limited detail in my works. I love the way a deft movement of the palette knife can convey something so simply yet with such great impact, such as a wisp of cloud or the shape of a tree.

Painting and drawing enable me to visually communicate my fascination with the play of light upon form, texture, and the inherent character of things. Changes in light and weather can completely alter our perception of something we have passed hundreds of times but have never really ‘seen’ until bathed in light or cast in deep shadow, bringing out form, intriguing shapes, shadows and crevices.

I am an Associate Member of the Penwith Society of Arts and my work is held in private collections both nationally and internationally, in the US, Europe and across the UK.

Preferred materials include the traditional mediums of oil paint, watercolour, charcoal, pastel and graphite, for their intensity and ability to capture texture, drama, atmosphere and light.

"The heart of us is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths, it has its pearls too." - Vincent van Gogh (The Letters of Vincent van Gogh)