Vanessa Gardiner: Research Point

I thought that these images had been produced by some kind of printmaking method. I did not realise that they were acrylic paintings on board. They are highly reminiscent of early, and rather clumsy, attempts at representing landscape in computer animated simulator machines devised for the purpose of training pilots how to land helicopters and the like in dangerous situations and environments.

I don’t really know what else to add to my comments on these works. I think I approve of the fact of their minimalism. The colour choices are in keeping with the natural world of landscapes, but I wonder whether a more urban subject matter may enhance the effect of the chosen medium/method. A few colourful buildings and even a few figures sprinkled about? But then the artwork, and what it sets out to achieve would be transformed. Perhaps that’s not the artist’s aim?

I confess to not knowing what the artist intended. A minimalist outcome has been achieved. But has anything been added by reproducing very similar images using the same method other than the obvious increased quantity?

References:

says, M. von D. (2012) ‘Vanessa Gardiner’, Sladers Yard, 6 August. Available at: https://sladersyard.wordpress.com/vanessa-gardiner/ (Accessed: 3 April 2021).

Thackeray Gallery (2017) VANESSA GARDINER | Thackeray Gallery, London. Available at: http://www.thackeraygallery.com/vanessa-gardiner (Accessed: 3 April 2021).