Painting the Wainwrights Exhibition

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In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Alfred Wainwright's first book being published, we are hosting a one-of-a-kind solo exhibition in collaboration with Lake District artist and fell runner Victoria Rose Miller. "Painting the Wainwrights" will be the first of its kind to showcase original oil paintings depicting all 214 of Wainwright's Lake District fells.

Inspired by Wainright's detailed sketches of the fells, Victoria will be following in his footsteps, climbing and painting all 214 of the Wainwright peaks. This will culminate in a solo exhibition that will run for two months here at the gallery. The "Painting the Wainwrights" exhibition will be one of the biggest and longest running exhibitions we've ever hosted and the first known exhibition to feature original oil paintings depicting all 214 Wainwright peaks!

About Victoria

Victoria was raised in South Africa where her early work focused on the dramatic African landscape with its expansive skies and rugged interior. She sold her first painting at the age of 14, before being represented by renowned galleries in her late teens and early twenties. Victoria moved to the Lake District permanently in 2018, finding a natural affinity with the mountainous Cumbrian landscape. She works predominantly in oil, painting the landscape as she experiences it on her travels by foot over the fells. She is passionate about capturing the power and beauty of nature through art and her work embodies her love for the area.