About
My art focuses on the places I see as I wend through the high and wild places across the North of England, where peaceful country lanes and dark, dramatic moorlands exist side-by-side. I always stay faithful to the untamed character of my original sketches, embracing small mistakes and letting the wildness of nature shine through.
Meet Fritz
My style is deeply influenced by my relationship with nature and the landscapes I sketch and paint in.
Nature doesn't just occupy the landscape; it actively shapes it, adapts to it, and reclaims it. I simply translate the walls, gates, trees, and hills into drawings, documenting history, texture, and light in a deeply personal language.
My passion for the forgotten history of a place moves me to find those lost lanes, pathways and buildings that once shaped communities and the lives of their inhabitants. I have a strong desire to encourage viewers of my work to go out and explore these landscapes for themselves, using digital tools to make this easy for anyone to access.
I return to these areas constantly over the years, making extensive trips to an area to capture the changing colours through the seasons. Disappointed when I get there and the light is against me; elated and excited when it illuminates my subject matter.
I make tools from broken twigs that nature has left behind, fashioning them using my trusty penknife. Drawing with these homemade implements encourages bold mark making and gives life and energy to the finished artwork.
To me, whether the drawing is in black and white or colour is purely down to the subject matter and the memories it evokes.
