Laura Gardner
Other media: Pastel, Drawing, Textile, Paint
Tags : portrait, nature, color
Creative Arts Workshop
80 Audubon St.
New Haven, CT 06510
Neighborhood : New Haven: Downtown
Email: laura (dot) gardner (at) gmail (dot) com
Artist Statement
When I was a graduate student in London, I found ninety pounds on the ground and bought a membership to the Victoria and Albert Museum. I then worked at the Leighton House Museum and British Museum and studied 19th century art under a teacher who valued fine draughtsmanship and described modern art as something "perpetrated" against the public. Perhaps unsurprisingly I initially favored representational, figurative art. I learned painting in watercolor from Ann Lindsay and Judi Betts, drawing from Tina Re and lots from Peter London.
Selected Works
|  Edgerton Park - 2010 - Oil pastel on paper - 12 x 9 in.  Beach at Kripalu - 2009 - Oil pastel - 24 in. x 25 in.  Helen Gardner - 2010 - Watercolor - 8.75 x 5.5 in.  Mabel Hotchkiss Gardner - 2010 - Watercolor - 8.5 x 5.5 in.  Uncle Pete - 2010 - Watercolor - 8.75 x 5.5 in.  Doug - 2010 - Watercolor - 11 x 8 in.  Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - 2010 - Watercolor - 11 x 8 in.  Study II - 2009 - Watercolor - 7 x 5 in.  Birches - 2009 - Watercolor - 7 x 11 in.  Untitled - 2009 - Watercolor - 7 x 11 in.  Rocks - 2009 - Watercolor - 5 x 7 in.  St. Paul and St. James Church - 2009 - Watercolor - 12 x 5 in.  St. Paul and St. James Church - 2009 - Watercolor - 10 x 7 in.  Shepherd after Linnell - 2010 - Charcoal - 14 x 10 in.  Blind Contour Drawing of Lily - 2010 - Marker - 24 in. x 36 in.  Muskoxen at Peabody Museum - 2010 - Charcoal - 18 in. x 24 in.  Polar Bear from Peabody Museum - 2010 - Charcoal - 18 in. x 24 in.  Ram at Peabody Museum - 2010 - Charcoal - 18 in. x 24 in.  Curry Ridgway - 2010 - Watercolor - 6 x 9 in. |
