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For this exhibition, I have returned to the unspoilt stretch of Atlantic coast around Boscastle in North Cornwall. It is a place I have known since first being taken there by my poetry-loving parents, following in the footsteps of Thomas Hardy, one Cornish holiday. They, and I, felt an immediate empathy with the landscape and as a result it is a place I've revisited almost every year since that childhood pilgrimage, later developing into a long-standing source of inspiration for my painting. It is a beautiful and dramatically contorted landscape, where the natural crook of the harbour is almost enclosed by the precipitous forms of the dark slate cliffs and inlets of deep turquoise sea. Observed from the commanding heights on either side of the harbour, the contours of the headlands, dynamic shapes and patterns of the interlocking fields, paths, jetties and chasms can all be explored. Always taking a sketchbook with me, I start by making a number of drawings directly from the subject. Some of these may be close, observational drawings made over a period of time or quicker notes purely to glean some specific information which I will use back in the studio. It is only then that I can in some sense feel justified in abstracting and reordering the landscapes into the carefully selected compositions I use later in my paintings, knowing they will be true to the place. I work on plywood or hardboard as they are rigid and robust and give me the freedom to change the composition of a painting easily if necessary by cutting them down; the picture is then not restricted to a prescribed format. During the painting process, I often redraw the image, scouring and sanding back the paint until the surface becomes significantly changed and enlivened. The board responds well to my technique and takes on a beautiful patina, leaving traces and histories of paint in its grain and revealing qualities of its own.
! ! For me it is ultimately the sheer beauty of the place that counts; a beauty articulated through the natural architecture ! of the monumental cliffs set against an unbounded sea. ! ! ! Vanessa Gardiner 2015 ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! !
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Boscastle(Harbour(2!–!pencil!on!paper!–!24x30cm!!
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VANESSA(GARDINER( !
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Born!Oxford! Foundation!Course,!Oxford!Polytechnic! Central!School!of!Art!and!Design,!London!BA!(Hons)!
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SOLO(EXHIBITIONS( 1991! ! Duncan!Campbell!Gallery,!London!"!West(Dorset(Landscapes! 1992! ! Duncan!Campbell!Gallery,!London! 1993! ! Gordon!Hepworth!Gallery,!Exeter! 1996! ! Duncan!Campbell!Gallery,!London!"!Recent(Paintings! ! 1998! ! Duncan!Campbell!Gallery,!London!–!Recent(Paintings( 2000! ! Duncan!Campbell!Gallery,!London! 2001! ! Hart!Gallery,!London!"!New(Paintings( 2003! ! Hart!Gallery,!London!–!New(Paintings( 2005! Hart!Gallery,!London!"!Landscape(&(Architecture:(Paintings(from(Cornwall(&(Egypt! 2006!! !!!!!!!!! Atrium!Gallery,!Bournemouth!University!"!Recent(Paintings( ! ! Campden!Gallery,!Gloucestershire!"!Abstract(Monuments! 2007!!!!!!! Hart!Gallery,!London!"!Linear(Coasts!! 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sladers!Yard,!West!Bay,!Dorset!"!Coastal(Elements!! 2009!!!!!!!!!!!! Hart!Gallery,!London!"!Connecting(Lines!! 2010!!!!!!!!!!! British!School!at!Athens,!Greece! 2011!!!!!!!!!!!! Hart!Gallery,!London!"!Aegean(Coasts! 2012!!!!!!! Sladers!Yard,!West!Bay,!Dorset!"!Classical(Elements!! 2013! ! Campden!Gallery,!Gloucestershire!"!Coastal(Architecture( 2014! ! Quercus!Gallery,!Bath!"!Edge(Lines! 2015! ! Thackeray!Gallery,!London!"!Chasmal(Beauty!
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AWARDS(&(RESIDENCIES( 2003/1999! Arts!Council!South!West!"!Fine!Art!Award! 2007! ! Residency!Fellowship,!Ballinglen!Arts!Foundation,!Co!Mayo,!Ireland! 2009! ! British!School!at!Athens!"!Prince!of!Wales!Bursary!for!the!Arts!
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TALKS( 2002! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Eigse!Carlow!Visual!Arts,!Carlow,!Ireland! 2010! ! British!School!at!Athens,!Greece! 2012! ! Sladers!Yard,!West!Bay,!Dorset!
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SELECTED(GROUP(EXHIBITIONS! 2002! ! Eigse!Carlow!Visual!Arts,!Carlow,!Ireland!"!Invited!Artist! ! ! 20/21!British!Art!Fair,!London!(Hart!Gallery)! 2003! ! New!Ashgate!Gallery,!Farnham! ! ! Royal!Academy!Summer!Exhibition,!London! ! ! Art!London,!Chelsea,!London! 2004! ! Alpha!House!Gallery,!Sherborne!"!Four(Dorset(Artists! ! ! Russell"Cotes!Art!Gallery,!Bournemouth! ! ! Art!for!Life,!Christie’s,!London! 2005! ! Campden!Gallery,!Gloucestershire! 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bournemouth!University!Art!Loan!Collection! ! ! Art!London,!Chelsea,!London!(Hart!Gallery)! ! ! London!Art!Fair,!Islington,!London!(Hart!Gallery)! 2007! ! Sladers!Yard,!West!Bay,!Dorset! ! The!Courthouse!Gallery,!Co!Mayo,!Ireland!"(Images(from(North(Mayo! !! !!!!!!!!!! Sherborne!House,!Sherborne!"!Ultramarine!!! ! ! London!Art!Fair,!Islington,!London,!(Hart!Gallery)! 2008! ! Alpha!House,!Sherborne!! 2008! ! London!Art!Fair,!Islington,!London,!(Hart!Gallery)! 2008/09! Bournemouth!University!Art!Loan!Collection! 2009! 179”!RHA!Exhibition;!invited(artist,!Gallagher!Gallery,!Royal!Hibernian!Academy,!Dublin! 2010! ! The!Carlow!Art!Collection!2010,!Carlow,!Ireland! !! ! Sladers!Yard,!West!Bay,!Dorset! ! ! Bevere!Gallery,!Worcester! 2010! ! 20/21!British!Art!Fair,!London!(Hart!Gallery)! 2011! ! Kettles!Yard,!Cambridge!"!Artists(for(Kettle’s(Yard! 2013! ! Royal!Academy!Summer!Exhibition! ! ! Rabley!Drawing!School,!Marlborough! ! ! Quercus!Gallery,!Bath! ! ! Lynn!Painter"Stainers!Prize!Exhibition,!London! ! ! Campden!Gallery,!Glos! 2014! ! Thackeray!Gallery!"!Land(&(Sea/Summer(Exhibition! ! ! Royal!Academy!Summer!Exhibition! !! ! Sladers!Yard,!Dorset!
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COLLECTIONS( 1998! !!!!!! 2000! !!!!!! 2002! !!!!!!!! 2007!!!!!!!!!!! 2008! !!!!!!!!! 2008! !!!!!!!!! 2008! !!!!!!!! 2008! !!!!!!!! 2010! !!!!!!!!! 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The!Royal!Devon!&!Exeter!Hospital,!Exeter!"!Arts!in!Hospital! Bournemouth!University! Carlow!Art!Collection,!Carlow,!Ireland!! The!Ballinglen!Archive,!The!Ballinglen!Arts!Foundation,!Mayo,!Ireland! Magdalen!College,!Oxford! Fidelity!International!! Huddersfield!City!Art!Gallery! New!Hall,!Cambridge! British!School!at!Athens,!Greece! British!Academy,!London!
BIBLIOGRAPHY! 1991!!! West(Dorset(Landslips!essay!exhibition!card!by!Jane!Norrie,!Duncan!Campbell!Gallery!!!!!!! ! !! Critic’s(Choice!by!Tim!Hilton,!The!Guardian!"!Duncan!Campbell!Gallery! 1996! Modern(Painters(Magazine,!review!by!Elizabeth!James!"!Duncan!Campbell!Gallery! 1998!!!!!!!!! A(Singular(Vision!The!Indian!Times,!London!review!"!Duncan!Campbelll!Gallery! Judith!Bumpus,!essay!exhibition!card!Duncan!Campbell!Gallery!! 1999! !!!!! A(Broad(Canvas!by!John!Windsor!The!Independent!Magazine!! 2000!!!!!!!!!! Evening!Standard,!London:!3/10/2000! ! !!!!!! Vivienne!Light!essay!exhibition!card!Duncan!Campbell!Gallery! 2001!!!!!!!!!! Reinventing(the(Landscape:(contemporary(painters(and(Dorset!by!Vivienne!Light,!Canterton!Books! 2002!!!!!!!!!! Eigse!Carlow!Visual!Arts,!catalogue!essay!by!Judith!Bumpus,!( 2005! Landscape(and(Architecture,!catalogue!essay!by!Judith!Bumpus,!Hart!Gallery!! 2005! Vanessa(Gardiner:(Towards(the(Boundaries(of(Landscape!by!Stephen!Swann,!Dorset!Magazine!! 2008! !!!!!! Where(to(Buy…!by!Jane!Rye!The!Week!Magazine!! 2008! !!!!!! Artist(Profile!by!Fiona!Robinson,!Evolver!Magazine! 2009! !!!!!! Connecting(Lines,!catalogue!essay!by!Julian!Bell,!Hart!Gallery! 2011! !!!!! Artists(for(Kettle’s(Yard!"!catalogue!! 2012! Oxford!University!Press!Jacket!Illustration:!Luck!Value!&!Commitment!"!Themes!from! !the!Ethics!of!Bernard!Williams!! 2013! Coastal(Architecture!catalogue!essay!by!Vivienne!Light,!Campden!Gallery( 2014! !!!! In(the(Frame:(Seascapes!by!Emily!Tobin,!House!&!Garden!Magazine! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lives!and!works!in!West!Dorset!
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“In 1991 Tim Hilton, then The Guardian art critic, thought he saw a ‘lasting artist’ in her landscape paintings, and he predicted ‘much promise of future development’. Gardiner has more than fulfilled that expectation. She has been one of the most consistent of artists. From a combined English love of picturesque scenery, an appreciation of the more severe, anti-picturesque, architected forms favoured by French and British artists in the early 20th century, and of the abstracted landscapes of the 1950s, Vanessa Gardiner has opened up a new vein in an old tradition. She has now refined her ideas to a level of high sophistication.” Judith Bumpus
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