{"product_id":"keith-gardner-north-wales-summer-fields-low-tide-trearddur-bay","title":"Keith Gardner RCA (1933-2025) - North Wales Summer Fields \/ Low Tide, Trearddur Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003eA particularly attractive double-sided oil on board by Keith Gardner RCA, combining a sunlit North Wales landscape with a coastal scene at Trearddur Bay on Anglesey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe principal face, \u003cstrong\u003eNorth Wales Summer Fields\u003c\/strong\u003e, shows open countryside under a broad summer sky, with fields, hedgerows and distant land handled in Gardner's characteristic direct, economical manner. The composition has the freshness of a work painted from observation, with colour and atmosphere taking precedence over tightly finished detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse, \u003cstrong\u003eLow Tide, Trearddur Bay\u003c\/strong\u003e, depicts the Anglesey coast with the tide drawn back, exposing the shoreline and giving the scene a broad, open character. The two sides complement one another particularly well, presenting both the rural and coastal landscapes that formed such an important part of Gardner's work.\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 North Wales Summer Fields \/ Low Tide, Trearddur Bay\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 Unsigned\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29.5 x 37 cm (11.6 x 14.6 in)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 35.5 x 43 cm (14.0 x 16.9 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\u003eNorth Wales and Trearddur Bay\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorth Wales was central to Gardner's practice. The Royal Cambrian Academy recorded him as specialising in small oil panels painted directly on location around North Wales and the Wirral. His subjects regularly included rural landscapes, farms, villages, harbours and coastal scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrearddur Bay on Anglesey sits naturally within this established body of work. Gardner is well documented painting around the Anglesey coast, where boats, exposed shorelines and changing coastal light provided recurring subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contrast between the two faces is one of the strengths of the work: one side looks inland across summer fields, while the other turns towards the sea. Neither face is signed, so the work is correctly described as unsigned. Its attribution is supported by its provenance from the Estate of Keith Gardner and by the subject matter, format and handling.\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 between 1975 and 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 work repeatedly returned to boats, beaches, fields, villages and changing weather, usually handled with concise brushwork and a strong sense of immediate observation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crag Bank Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54951179518290,"sku":"CBA-415","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0904\/6866\/files\/IMG_5103.jpg?v=1791226105","url":"https:\/\/cragbankart.co.uk\/products\/keith-gardner-north-wales-summer-fields-low-tide-trearddur-bay","provider":"Crag Bank Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}