howard gardener

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Originally from Berkshire, Howard Gardener moved to the North West in 2000 and now lives near Chester. His training in graphic design is evident in his work, both in his pen and ink drawings and also in the clean lines of his exquisitely detailed paper sculptures, both of which, he says, were largely the result of a conscious decision to reject colour and concentrate instead on form. (Nowadays, he is slowly reintroducing colour back into his work.) He has exhibited both in the South of England and, more recently, in Chester, Liverpool and Manchester. In September 2010 he was selected for the prestigious Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, for figurative and representational art, at London's Mall Galleries.

"I am inspired by people and the situations in which they find (or put) themselves. Most of my drawings therefore have their roots in portraiture of some sort and may be initiated by an expression, a posture or even overhearing a chance remark."

My paper sculptures attempt to take the investigation of form one step further. I am particularly interested in that point at which 2D becomes 3D. Once again, the work is executed mostly in monochrome, with an occasional detail picked out in colour. More recent work in this area has been freestanding, having finally outgrown the constraints of a frame."

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coming or going ? 50cm x 76cm, pen and ink original, £695	subsequent rainfall 43cm x 61cm, pen and ink original, £645	four gasmen 63cm x 47cm, pen and ink original, £645
an unconvincing preacher 46cm x 27cm, pen and ink original, £545	more muddy women 76cm x 48cm, pen and ink original, £695	portrait of karen... 62cm x 36cm, pen and ink original, £645
elaine and nigel go dancing 54cm x 75cm, pen,ink and emulsion original, £695	the madwoman of windermere 48cm x 69cm, pen and ink original, £645	uncertian 38cm x 49cm, pen and ink original, £545
cup of tea 31cm x 39cm, pen and ink original, £545	quirky circus 39cm x 52cm, pen,ink and acrylic original, £595	24k 64cm x 91cm, digital print limited edition print, £95
hot pursuit (in our dreams we fly) 38cm x 64cm, pen,ink and acrylic original, £645	nyc 1 trumpet solo 59cm x 42cm, pen and ink original, £595	nyc 3 jenny's unusual order 43cm x 58cm, pen and ink original, £595
solid and liquid 70cm x 51cm, pen,ink and watercolour original, £695	jazz at la villette 42cm x 59cm, pen and ink original, £595	do you dream in colour? 70cm x 42cm, pen,ink and gouache commission example
bank holiday monday 51cm x 36cm, pen,ink and gouache original, £595	roger eno 50cm x 32cm, pen,ink and watercolour original, £595	i will give you things 51cm x 32cm, pen,ink and gouache original, £595
the shadowy kraus 40cm x 56cm, pen,ink and gouache original, £595	slow puncture 54cm x 36cm, pen,ink and watercolour original, £595	some dark cafe 50cm x 36cm, pen,ink and watercolour original, £595
revolving globes 50cm x 38cm, pen,ink and watercolour original, £595	the facebook friends of jack smith 57cm x 80cm, pen,ink and watercolour original, £695	like seagulls' cries 39cm x 34cm, pen and ink commission example
nyc4 a cappella 59cm x 42cm, pen and ink commission example	two studies for mid-life crisis 0cm x 0cm, pen,ink and watercolour commission example	grass one 75cm x 50cm, paper sculpture original, £595
grass two 75cm x 50cm, paper sculpture original, £595	first day of the floods 75cm x 49cm, paper sculpture original, £595	isobel's scissors 55cm x 76cm, paper sculpture original, £645
unravelled bolero 23cm x 29cm, paper sculpture original, £495	october threnody 53cm x 35cm, paper sculpture original, £595	still life with egg white 54cm x 37cm, mixed media original, £595
kansai 1988 22cm x 35cm, mixed media original, £495	out of touch 0cm x 0cm, paper sculpture commission example	buddha is out of the office 49cm x 30cm, paper sculpture commission example
in a quiet corner of sussex 0cm x 0cm, paper sculpture commission example	seven deadly tins 0cm x 0cm, paper sculpture commission example	woke up this morning ...oops! 0cm x 0cm, paper sculpture commission example