‘Lay of the Land’ exhibition being held at Guildhall’s Fermoy Gallery and Shakespeare Barn in King’s Lynn

A free exhibition celebrating what makes the East Anglian landscape so distinctive will enthrall visitors from next week.

Displayed across Lynn’s Guildhall’s Fermoy Gallery and Shakespeare Barn, the ‘Lay of the Land’ exhibition features a diverse range of art including painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, glass, and shell work.

It will be held from September 25 to October 26 on Wednesday, Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays from 11am-4pm.

It encompasses recent work by 35 artists and makers who show why the East of England has maintained an enduring appeal among present-day creative minds.

Tim FitzHigham, St George’s Guildhall creative director, said: “The East Anglian landscape is not like any other: glorious and majestic, secret and stunning surrounded by sea, giving and taking from it, basking in and reflecting it.

“Like many East Anglians I could go on for thousands of words trying to come close to describing it but remembering that ‘a picture paints a thousand words’, we’ve come up with a much better idea – to support the artists showing it off brilliantly.”

Seven of the artists take their inspiration directly from both the land and where it meets the water.

Whether that is the sea or man-made waterways, the confluence between the two is what makes their pieces so compelling, personal, and yet reflective of the eastern region.

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