Scott Gardiner
Scott’s graphite works feature remarkably detailed barriers of rock, beyond which horizons of infinite space seem to grow with subtle hues of awash in the background.
Scott Gardiner grew up in Auckland and received a Master of Visual
Arts (Hons) from Auckland Institute of Technology in 2003.
Scott's landscape paintings are inspired by change; changes
caused by the natural world - by tectonic plates shifting and
colliding, glacial ice retreating, and deserts advancing. First and
foremost, his paintings are about Scott's distinct spiritual
relationship with nature. An avid surfer and survivor of the 2004
tsunami, which devastated his then home of Sri Lanka, there is no
mistaking his love of the land around him. This is presented
visually in barren, achingly drawn landscapes across an ethereal
background of colour. In these otherworldly scapes, there is a
timelessness and serenity undercut with an uneasy temporality that
reflects Scott's environmental consciousness with a spiritual
essence.
Scott's art has been exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, and
Los Angeles, USA. His work is represented in public collections
such as the Wallace Arts Trust as well as private collections and
he has been a finalist in the Wallace Art Awards each year since
2007.
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