Tim Fudge

Fudge reimagines the rugged terrain of Carn Ffoi through a heightened palette: a brilliant blue sky streaked with energetic whites and purples, earthy reds and ochres suggesting exposed rock and heathland, and a burst of yellow‑green foreground that evokes the first flowering of gorse.

The thick, impasto brushwork—applied with a confidence characteristic of Fudge’s practice—creates a tactile surface that invites the viewer to experience the landscape as sensation rather than scenery. This approach resonates with the expressive traditions of the Scottish Colourists, the gestural freedom of Joan Eardley, and the atmospheric abstraction associated with the St Ives School. Like his First Gorse, Carn Ffoi works, Fudge distils the landscape into elemental contrasts: cool sky against warm earth, dense texture against open space, abstraction against recognisable form.

The result is a painting that captures the raw vitality of the British coastline and uplands while embracing a contemporary, emotionally charged visual language. Fudge’s interpretation of Carn Ffoi becomes not just a place, but a moment—alive with colour, movement, and the first bright flare of spring gorse across the land.

Available from Red Rag Gallery - specialists in present day British Art