Walking the Land group – Autumn Equinox
I really enjoyed creating a new piece for the Autumn Equinox with the Walking the Land group, having been very busy with teaching and other things – and just recovering from a dose of Covid! Meridian Walk, Autumn Equinox 2022 Is 30 minutes enough, or too much? At what point, walking North to South, does…
Paint Edgy: Contemporary British Painting and Guests
Coordinated by Judith Tucker and Linda Ingham “I have a respect for invention, and I think that’s what attracts me to the margins in all things” writes the painter Graham Crowley. The exhibition Paint Edgy: Contemporary British Painting & Guests demonstrates painting at its most inventive and innovative, and reflects a range of concerns with margins, edges and edginess….
LANDSCAPE & PLACE: summer School Workshop
LANDSCAPE & PLACE: summer School Workshop: 22, 23, 24 August – The Ropewalk We had a brilliant time at my first summer school session since Covid, held in the Art Room at The Ropewalk, Barton on Humber. With the focus around landscape and place, this event encouraged the development of thoughts, techniques and processes to…
From the Saltmarsh: art, science, poetry, ecology
From the Saltmarsh: art, science, poetry, ecology – a free day of talks at Cleethorpes Library 9th July Join a free day of talks on Saturday 9 July from 11.00am to 3.00pm (including light lunch) and is focused on the art and science of the saltmarsh. It involves the following speakers below. The event is free, but numbers are…
The Understory
The Understory, RSPB Saltholme Visitor Centre, 23 July – 18 September 2022 RSPB Saltholme is to host an exhibition of artworks created over the last eighteen months that documents elements of the reserve along with Horseshoe Meadow at Blacktoft Sands in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The creator of the exhibition, visual artist Linda Ingham,…
Vitalistic Fantasies
Vitalistic Fantasies, Elysium Gallery, Swansea 4 June – 16 July, 2022 An expanded version of the exhibition originally planned for 2020 BEEP Painting Biennial will open on 4 June with works by painters from the artist led group Contemporary British Painting curated by Paula MacArthur and Casper White. “When describing their working process painters often talk about paintings…
Paradoxes
12th March to 7th May 2022, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight‘Paradoxes’ is an exhibition showcasing the breadth of contemporary painting practice which is very much alive and thriving in the UK today. This exhibition of 52 painters includes 48 artists from the CBP membership who are based throughout the British Isles, and four guest artists from…
Introducing Field Notes
A small range of hand-made, gifts, housewares and merchandise, sustainably created and personally sourced by Linda, to reflect our landscape and ecology. Turning her love of plants and flowers from an enjoyable hobby into a micro-business which reflects her concerns, Linda has for a while been making small and unique batches of items from eco-dyed…
Exploring Botanical Drawing
Saturday 4th June, The Ropewalk, North Lincolnshire – Exploring Botanical Drawing – an introduction to drawing and painting seasonal flowers gathered from Linda’s allotment, 10am – 4pm £60 Please contact for booking and further information
Waxed Paper Window panels
Saturday 21 May, The Ropewalk, North Lincolnshire – Waxed Paper Window panels – 10am – 12.30 & 1.30pm – 4pm – Create a simple rustic wooden structure which will frame your beautiful panel which contains leaves and wildflowers £35 – Please contact for booking and further information
Film: Lines in the Landscape
Lines in the Landscape: artists in conversation A video conversation between artists Linda Ingham and Richard Keating, discussing line as a way of drawing parallels between two diverse practices. It was undertaken late 2021 and early 2022 as part of the Walking the Land-initiated last Tuesday Cafes and its walking talking making place collaboration.
Film – Insideland
Part of the Watermarks Collaboration with the Walking the Land group A regular participant with the Walking the Land group, who since 2020 have extended their activities to an international membership through online participation, Linda created a 2-minute film in 2021 for their Watermarks project. Her 2-minute segment was filmed on location at the Far…
Gather – Film
May – September 2022 New work from Linda’s year-long GATHER Winter-Winter project comprising of three series based on her observations in and through three nature reserves from winter 2020 to winter 2021 will be exhibited in three venues from March to September 2022. 26 March until 5 June, her one-person show in Gallery One at…
Gather
GATHER, 26 March – 5 June 2022 – Gallery One, The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber DN18 5JT The GATHER winter-winter project, which I was pleased to work on between December 2020 and January 2022 has culminated in a new collection of work of observations in and through three nature reserves. With the focus mainly on…
Gather Exhibition
26 March – 5 June 2022 – Gallery One, The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber DN18 5JT The GATHER winter-winter project, which I was pleased to work on between December 2020 and January 2022 has culminated in a new collection of work of observations in and through three nature reserves. With the focus mainly on the…
Mid-Spring Garden-Inspired Mixed Media & Textile workshop
Tuesdays 10 & 17th May – 2-day Mid-Spring Garden-Inspired Mixed Media & Textile workshop – develop a series of studies inspired by the Ropewalk Sculpture Garden using eco-dyed fabrics, handmade papers and a variety of sustainable media, £145 inc materials
Spring Nature Studies
Tuesday 26 April – Spring Nature Studies – new growth, green & ground – explore the landscape of the Water’s Edge Country Park, before returning to The Ropewalk to develop detailed drawn & painted studies. £60
Garden Sketchbook
Saturday 23 April – Garden Sketchbook – spend a day developing drawn and painted sketchbook studies inspired by the garden at The Ropewalk, £60
Eco-dye & Stitch Lavender Bags
Eco-dye & Stitch Lavender Bags – The Ropewalk, Saturday 6th November, 10.30 – 4.30, £60 An opportunity to create your own lavender bags using fabric eco-dyed using plant-matter from the locality of Barton-on-Humber. Please download the Pdf here to learn more about the day Please contact The Ropewalk directly for further information, and to book:…
Plants in Place: GATHER 1-day Workshop
Plants in Place: GATHER 1-day Workshop – Saturday 16 October – Far Ings National Nature Reserve, VISITOR CENTRE – £65 + £5 materials, 10am – 4pm A day on the reserve observing the autumn colours and gathering plant-matter from which you will create a series of autumnal studies and learn some sustainable craft techniques. The…
Seasonal Landscape Studies NEW for Autumn 2021
NEW for Autumn 2021 – Fridays 8 October and 12 November – Seasonal Landscape Studies – Studio 14, The Ropewalk, Barton on Humber, 10am – 4pm – £60 Combining working out of Linda’s studio at the Ropewalk, Barton on Humber, North Lincolnshire, and going out into the surrounding landscape to experience nature and create seasonal…
Plants in Place – 4 week Autumn course
4-week Autumn course, Tuesdays 21, 28 September & 5, 12 October – 10am – 1pm An opportunity to explore the landscape along the Humber Estuary, local reserves and historic clay pits of Barton-on-Humber with a particular eye to the flora growing on location. Over 4 weeks you will learn how to: Gather and identify plants…
Plants in Place, participatory film
I have enjoyed putting together a short film showing work by 16 artists, poets and designer-makers whose work often references plants, their sites, and wider related issues. It is part of the GATHER winter-winter project for which the following text has been a point of inspiration: Plants support all life on this planet; Anntennae Magazine…
Plants in Place – GATHER | Draw|Paint|Make
A new approach to working with plants in the landscape through learning about plants in the environment to create a series of creative studies through considered (and sometimes experimental!) techniques. The Plants in Place series of workshops will explore ways of getting to know and evoke a sense of place through plants. As well as…
New Studio
This July, Linda will be moving into a Studio 14 at The Ropewalk, Barton-on-Humber. Previously sharing a space with Lee Sass in Studio 3, Linda will now take on the studio previously occupied by photographer David Lund, enabling her to have a permanent exhibition space as well as run a programme of landscape and place-based…
RSPB Saltholme Micro-Residency
5th – 9th July 2021 Join Linda as she creates work on location at RSPB Saltholme as part of the GATHER winter-winter project, supported by The Arts Council England. Over three sessions she will lead a walk to a different location on the reserve revealing aspects of inspiration for her work. An informal opportunity to…
Where is the wild
Landlines Project – Where is the Wild – Stirley Farm Online Exhibition I really enjoyed taking part in an online workshop facilitated by artists Judith Tucker and Melanie Rose for the Land Lines project. Land Lines is a great initiative, AHRC-funded, concerned with Nature Writing, Tipping Points, Tracks, Traces and Trails ☺and is a collaboration…
Thoughts from a studio
Thoughts from a Studio is a very short film putting together a few images of studies along with thoughts about the process and development of my work for the GATHER winter-winter project and which is based around imagery from the Far Ings National Nature Reserve.
Gather Project exhibition
Linda’s one-person show at Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull will exhibit the first stages of the GATHER winter-winter project this May and June. Work that has been created through interacting with coastal locations on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, in particular the Far Ings National Nature Reserve at Barton on Humber and the RSPB…
The Listening Project
Conversations with my Mother featured on BBC Radio 4’s The Listening Project, 18.4.2021 I was really pleased to be invited to speak a little about my 2015 installation, Conversations with my Mother, on The Listening Project in partnership with the British Library. The work was created for a show at entitled Shifting Subjects: contemporary women…
Eco-Dye & Stitch
FIELD NOTES – ONLINE workshops Eco-Dye & Stitch – 3-hour Lavender Bag Workshop – £25 including materials Monday 10 May 6 – 9pm Simple eco-dye techniques and stitch processes combine for you to create three lavender bags using sustainable materials from gathered plant matter. Suitable for beginners to embroidery, you will use basic running stitch,…
Eco-dye Mini-Wreath
FIELD NOTES – ONLINE workshops Eco-dye Mini-Wreath – Evening Workshop – £25 including materials ONLINE – Monday 14 June, 6pm – 8.30pm Create your own mini-wreath from cotton which has been dyed in small batches using plant matter gathered during spring! Created using simple knotting and tying techniques, the mini-wreath is suitable for indoor or…
Journeys into Land (Far Ings National Nature Reserve)
ONLINE WORKSHOP £45 Mapping and developing thoughts and process through sketchbooks and studiesTuesday 15th June, 10.30 – 3.30 … Winter & Spring into Summer Join Linda Ingham for a day’s workshop based on the Far Ings National Nature Reserve on the South Bank of the Humber Estuary in the North Lincolnshire. During the session you…
RSPB Blacktoft Sands – Summer Meadow stroll and survey
a creative activity for families and small groups Saturday & Sunday 19 & 20 June and 26 & 27 June – 10.30 – 1pm and 2pm – 4.30 pm – £6 per group Experience the joy of a summer meadow in full bloom! You will see a riot of wildflowers and grasses native to our…
RSPB Blacktoft Sands – Summer Meadow Stroll & Paint
Full day creative workshop – Tuesday 22 June, 10.30 – 3.30 – £60 Join visual artist Linda Ingham for a creative day at the RSPB Blacktoft Sands nature reserve. Experience the joy of a summer meadow in full bloom! You will see a riot of wildflowers and grasses native to our local ecology along with…
Journeys into Land (RSPB Blacktoft Sands)
ONLINE WORKSHOP £45 Mapping and developing thoughts and process through sketchbooks and studiesTuesday 29th June, 10.30 – 3.30 … Winter & Spring into Summer Join Linda Ingham for a day’s workshop based on the RSPB Blacktoft Sands Nature Reserve in the East Riding of Yorkshire. During the session you will be taken on a virtual…
RSPB Blacktoft Sands, East Riding of Yorkshire
Originally Blacktoft was a saltmarsh (like Blacktoft Sands today). There is scant evidence of habitation in Roman times as drainage machines have bought up the odd bit of Roman tile, pot and quern. Whether anyone else followed in the dark ages is not known. For in 1016 King Sweyn of Denmark sailed up the Ouse…
GATHER: Plants in Place – Participatory Project
As part of the GATHER project I am inviting artists to submit a piece of which will be included in an online slideshow/film this summer as a major part of a body of work which considers plants and place. To accompany the launch of the summer aspect of the GATHER, some of which will happen…
Far Ings National Nature Reserve
It is fortunate that I have been gathering material – mainly photographs and film – since that time, and have a small archive covering an hour of a December day in 2018 which I have used to begin the work for this project. It was expected that I would have been on the reserve, making…
FIELD NOTES – ONLINE workshops
ANNOUNCING – FIELD NOTES – ONLINE workshops Sustainability and thoughtfulness of the planet in terms of what we do, consume, and make is growing more and more important to me as a person and within my practice. To these ends, I’m introducing a series of workshops that use simple eco-dye technique, s-l-o-w processes and stitch…
Open Iso exhibition
ASH (leaf fragmented) pieces accepted into Open Iso online exhibition Two pieces from the ASH (leaf fragmented) series have been accepted into The Old Lockup Gallery’s Open Iso (lation) show, which is an online version of their usual spring open exhibition. Please follow The Old Lockup Gallery pages on Facebook and Instagram to vote for…
Walking Artists Network
GATHER and Walking Artists NetworkIn December 2020 I came across First Friday Walks on the WAN website, a really lovely way to connect with artists who have similar interests and share material from a walk undergone on the same day at the same time. I’m thinking of these as part of/to inform the material for…
Announcing – Gather
GATHER: Winter-Winter – An art and ecology project supported by funds from The Arts Council England. Linda will be working with three nature reserves to create new bodies of work exploring meadows and botany from winter 2020 to winter 2022. RSPB Blacktoft Sands, RSPB Saltholme, and Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust National Nature Reserve at Far Ings…
Vitalistic Fantasies
We are delighted to announce that Vitalistic Fantasies is coming to The Cello Factory, London. An expanded version of the exhibition originally planned for 2020 BEEP Painting Biennial in Swansea will open on 2 December in London just as lockdown ends.Works by 41 painters from Contemporary British Painting bring a visual conversation to ideas discussed…
ASH (leaf fragmented) Series, 2020
Work created during the Covid-19 lockdowns Having been studying an RSPB reserve meadow in the East Riding of Yorkshire since January 2019, leaf fragments gathered in January 2020 (at the time with no plan of how they were to be used) became the material which informed a series of work begun during the 2020 March…
#Artists Support Pledge
Greenfall Crown sold to private collector as part of #Artists Support Pledge This has been a wonderful support to many artists during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many of us have lost income from teaching and events which often support our practices. During 2020, my own workshop programme was wiped out, delivering only three over the whole…