Tom
Gardner
Painter, Sculptor
“I just paint”, says Tom.
Unpretentious-- in fact, anti-pretentious-- Tom Gardner is an artist
full of both feeling and thought who believes that art should be accessible
to everyone without explanation.
Like many artists, Tom Gardner paints because he must and has done so since he was a child. After college, he continued to seek out workshops and classes and to frequent galleries and museums. But mostly, to direct him toward new territory, he studies the world around him and listens to the voice within.
When he comes to Saint John each year, he hikes to places that are often
unseen by island visitors. He captures vistas and perspectives that feel
fresh and undiscovered.
His oils are his response to-and celebration of-the beauty he finds around
him.
Gardner sometimes fears these images may one day be all that’s
left of an endangered environment. But he prefers to hope that given
half a chance, the environment will fight back and survive.
And so with the brilliant permanence of his paintings, the subtle color
of hills, clarity of skies, and vitality of sea will continue to thrive.
Barrel Cactus Yawzi Point
Oil 18x24
Lameshur Bay
Oil 18x24
The Narrows
Oil 24x29
Yawzi Point Breakers
Oil 18x24
Corning, N.Y.
EDUCATION
1967-1968 Mohawk Valley Community College
1971-1972 Elmira College, Art
1976-1986 Studio of Thomas S. Buechner
AFFILIATIONS
1995 Board of Trustees, Market St. Restoration Agency,
Corning, N.Y.
1989-1992 Board of Trustees, Arnot Art Museum,
Elmira, N.Y.
1976-1998 President, Institute of Divine Metaphysical
Research , Elmira Branch.
ART AWARDS
| 1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1994 1993 |
1st WSKG Public Broadcasting Auction, Binghamton,NY Best of Show, Curtis Museum, Hammondsport, NY Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA 2nd. International Miniature Show, Casper Art Guild, Casper, WY National Academy of the Arts, U.S.Park Service, Jackson Hole, WY Media Award, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, N.Y. National Academy of the Arts, U.S.Park Service, Jackson Hole, Wy. |
| 1990 1974-1988 |
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, N.Y. Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, N.Y. Roberson Museum, Binghamton, N.Y. Binghamton Arena Show, Binghamton, N.Y. American Artist Magazine National Comp., N.Y.C. Spencer Crest Nature Center National, National Soaring Museum, Elmira, N.Y. Gmeiner Cultural Center, Wellsboro, Pa. Gannett News Service, Kinsa (Kodak) Award, Rochester, N.Y. |
EXHIBITIONS
2001 Wheaton Village, Museum of Glass, Millville, NJ
2001 Corning Community College
2001 Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, NY
2001 West End Gallery, Corning, NY
1999 West End Gallery, Corning, NY
1999 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1998 West End Gallery, Corning, NY
1998 Principle Gallery,Alexandria, Va
1997 40th Annual National Chautauqua Show, Chautauqua,NY
1997 Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
1997 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1996 (Solo) LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1996 (Group) Houghton College,
1996 (Group) West End Gallery, Corning, NY
1995 (Group) ST. PAULS School, Art Center At Hargate,Concord, Mass.
1994,1993 (Group) National Academy of Arts, Jackson,WY
1994,1989 (Solo) 171 Cedar Art Center, Corning,
1993,1990 (Solo) West End Gallery, Corning, NY
1986 (Solo) Gmeiner Arts Center, Wellsboro, PA
1983 (Group) Grand Central Galleries, NYC
American National Art Comp.
COLLECTIONS
Canada Dry Corp.
Artistic Greeting Card Company
Corning Inc.
Congressman Amory Houghton
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Ackerman, CEO, Corning Inc.
James Houghton, Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bob Rockwell, founder, Rockwell Museum of Western Art
Chase Manhattan Bank
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Stuart, CEO, Dresser Rand Corp.
