Biography
"My palette is informed and inspired by light and shadow, the earth, the body and afterimages."

Scottish born artist Gwen Hardie lives and works  in NYC. 

 

Hardie sees the canvas as an object, painting into its shape and transforming the flat square into a three dimensional illusion. Balancing one colour against another as if under magnification, she blends seamless gradients of tone and saturation between them, to present a radiant foreground that hovers and glows. She takes inspiration from colour, light and shadow in nature - in particular how warm and cool colours interact to create varying depths of field.

 

Her work is in private and public collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the British Council, London, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Modern Collection, Lisbon.

Exhibitions
Works
  • Gwen Hardie, 06.12.19, pale orangey brown on blue grey, 2019
    06.12.19, pale orangey brown on blue grey, 2019
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.26.19, cool pink on greenish grey, 2019
    04.26.19, cool pink on greenish grey, 2019
  • Gwen Hardie, 06.08.19, mid brown on grey blue, 2019
    06.08.19, mid brown on grey blue, 2019
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.24.19, muted brown on darker grey, 2019
    04.24.19, muted brown on darker grey, 2019
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.29.19, pale pink on warm green, 2019
    04.29.19, pale pink on warm green, 2019
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.22.21, pale radiant pink on raw umber, 2021
    04.22.21, pale radiant pink on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 05.14.21, radiant pale pink on raw umber, 2021
    05.14.21, radiant pale pink on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.24.21, mid orangey brown on raw umber, 2021
    04.24.21, mid orangey brown on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 12.21.21, pale burnt umber and naples yellow on raw umber, 2021
    12.21.21, pale burnt umber and naples yellow on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 12.22.21, palest Indian red and burnt umber on raw umber, 2021
    12.22.21, palest Indian red and burnt umber on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 07.05.21, orange brown on raw umber, 2021
    07.05.21, orange brown on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 07.06.21, pale cool pink on raw umber, 2021
    07.06.21, pale cool pink on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 05.21.21, pale cool pink on raw umber, 2021
    05.21.21, pale cool pink on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.13.22, darkest orange on warm blue green, 2022
    04.13.22, darkest orange on warm blue green, 2022
  • Gwen Hardie, 05.03.22, dark red on warm green, 2022
    05.03.22, dark red on warm green, 2022