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. She 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 color, 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, 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, 04.16.20 ochre brown on violet grey, 2020
    04.16.20 ochre brown on violet grey, 2020
  • radiant-pink-on-pale-grey
    05.17.21, radiant pink on pale grey, 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, 11.19.21, pale pink on raw umber, 2021
    11.19.21, pale pink on raw umber, 2021
  • Gwen Hardie, 05.03.22, dark red on warm green, 2022
    05.03.22, dark red on warm green, 2022
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.13.22, darkest orange on warm blue green, 2022
    04.13.22, darkest orange on warm blue green, 2022
  • Gwen Hardie, 04.21.23, pale lavender on warm umber, 2023
    04.21.23, pale lavender on warm umber, 2023
  • Gwen Hardie, Verge 02.30.03, 2023
    Verge 02.30.03, 2023
Exhibitions