Hand made prints by Inge Wright |
Inge Wright was born in Austria. She received her B.A. degree in Art
from the University of Alabama, USA, after a formal education in Germany.
On moving to England, Inge taught in Oxfordshire for six years, whilst
raising her family. She moved to Herefordshire in the late 1990s, where
she was particularly drawn to the beautiful countryside and surrounding
area.
Inge exhibits regularly in the UK and overseas, including in America.
She works from her studio in Whitney-on-Wye and from The Sidney Nolan
Trust’s studio near Presteigne.
Originally trained as a printmaker, she also does mixed media. Her work
is influenced by the varied nature surrounding her and her love for animals.
The printing process, with its different approaches (solar plate, collagraph,
lithograph, etc) gives her the perfect tool to interpret these visual
images.
Requiem for an Orchard
"Requiem for an Orchard" came about when Inge visited the house
of Peggy Evans, who was one of the first residents to live around an orchard
in Kingsland. This orchard was, at the time of artists visting sites in
the county, earmarked for the building of executive homes.
By January 2007, the orchard had been grubbed up & destroyed and the foundations of the buildings were in place.
"The orchard was done in a very realistic and dreamy approach by using the photopolymer etching technique. The surrounding houses to replace it were done as a collagraph, which is a more primitive method suiting the subject."
Invasion of Nature?
When travelling to the Leominster bypass, past Wharton Bank, Inge was astounded at the vast scope of the polytunnels around Brierley.
Her approach to convey this intrusion to the English landscape was to create a collagraph with blind embossing, to emphasize the huge white expanse of these polytunnels.
"This invasion of nature is about polytunnels taking over Herefordshire
on a massive scale. I am putting this question to the viewer to answer
it themselves. Some won’t mind them, for they extend the growing
season, while others will dislike the disruption and interference, which
they cause in the British landscape."
CPRE Herefordshire is a registered Charity: No: 213951. The Campaign to Protect Rural England exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.
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