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.

Works
  • Gwen Hardie, Pale pink on warm green
    Pale pink on warm green
  • Gwen Hardie, 06.12.19, pale orangey brown on blue grey, 2019
    06.12.19, pale orangey brown on blue grey, 2019
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.15.20 brown on indanthrone blue-grey, 2020
    04.15.20 brown on indanthrone blue-grey, 2020
  • Gwen Hardie, 02.06.20, orangey sienna brown on violet grey, 2020
    02.06.20, orangey sienna brown on violet grey, 2020
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.16.20 ochre brown on violet grey, 2020
    04.16.20 ochre brown on violet grey, 2020
  • Gwen Hardie, 02.29.20 pinkish brown on violet, 2020
    02.29.20 pinkish brown on violet, 2020
  • Gwen Hardie, 02.10.20 dark brown on turquoise, 2020
    02.10.20 dark brown on turquoise, 2020
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.14.20 pink on umber grey, 2020
    04.14.20 pink on umber grey, 2020
  • Gwen Hardie, 05.14.21, radiant pale pink on raw umber, 2021
    05.14.21, radiant pale pink 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
  • 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
  • Gwen Hardie, Verge 02.30.03, 2023
    Verge 02.30.03, 2023
Exhibitions