Gregory Hardy | The Clouds Above

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Gregory Hardy, “July Dance,” 2023

acrylic on canvas, 48 x 66 in (courtesy of the gallery)

Peter Robertson Gallery is pleased to announce The Clouds Above, an exhibition of new paintings by Gregory Hardy.  Greg Hardy is arguably Canada’s leading artist whose practice focusses on Western Canadian landscape painting. Hardy’s work has two distinct sources of inspiration, his acreage located 50km east of Saskatoon, an area of rolling farmland and wetlands. The second being Lac La Ronge in Northern Saskatchewan 380 km north of Saskatoon at the start of the Canadian Shield. This rugged landscape, with the lake populated with over 1,300 islands and surrounded by boreal forest has been a major inspiration for Hardy’s for more than a decade.

Hardy draws outdoors, often in his kayak, observing subtle changes in weather, immanent or fading storms and how these affect the landscape around him. These sketches are the basis for the paintings produced in his studio, allowing him to interpret a specific moment using colour to depict light. Expressive, beautiful cloud formations have been a trademark of Hardy’s work for several years, combined with his use of unlikely colour these paintings draw the viewer powerfully into his world.