{"product_id":"keith-gardner-country-track-canal-barge","title":"Keith Gardner RCA (1933-2025) - Country Track \/ Canal Barge","description":"\u003cp\u003eA distinctive double-sided oil on board by Keith Gardner RCA, pairing a rural track scene with a canal subject on the reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe principal face, \u003cstrong\u003eCountry Track\u003c\/strong\u003e, is signed \u003cstrong\u003eGARDNER\u003c\/strong\u003e lower left. A narrow track leads into the landscape, with trees and open ground handled in Gardner's characteristically direct, economical manner. The small scale and brisk brushwork give the painting the immediacy associated with his location-painted oil studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse, \u003cstrong\u003eCanal Barge\u003c\/strong\u003e, shifts to a waterside subject, with a barge set within the canal landscape. The two sides show complementary strands of Gardner's practice: one rooted in the rural landscape and the other in working waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keith James Gardner RCA (1933-2025)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Country Track \/ Canal Barge\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSupport:\u003c\/strong\u003e Board, painted on both sides\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed GARDNER lower left on the Country Track side; Canal Barge side unsigned\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28.5 x 30 cm (11.2 x 11.8 in)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 34.5 x 42 cm (13.6 x 16.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good condition\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Estate of Keith Gardner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRural and Waterside Subjects\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGardner's documented output ranges well beyond purely coastal painting. He repeatedly painted the countryside of the Wirral and North Wales, including fields, lanes, farms and village scenes, alongside boats, harbours and waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two sides of this board therefore show two complementary strands of his practice: one rooted in the rural landscape and the other in working waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeith James Gardner RCA (1933-2025) was born in Liverpool and studied at Liverpool Art School and the Laird School of Art in Birkenhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1977 and worked as a full-time painter from 1975 to 1985 before spending thirteen years at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Royal Cambrian Academy described Gardner as specialising in small \"on the spot\" oil panels painted around North Wales and the Wirral. His output ranges from estuary and sailing paintings to parks, rural landscapes, urban scenes and industrial subjects, typically handled with direct and economical brushwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crag Bank Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54951230046546,"sku":"CBA-416","price":166.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0904\/6866\/files\/IMG_5260.jpg?v=1791226728","url":"https:\/\/cragbankart.co.uk\/products\/keith-gardner-country-track-canal-barge","provider":"Crag Bank Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}