oil on canvas, signed verso framed image size 158cm x 158cm, overall size 159cm x 159cm Comment: An extremely rare early work from Hardie's time at the Edinburgh College of Art. Authenticated by Ms Hardie. The figure in the foreground is understood to be Francis (Frank) Convery RSA. Note: Born and educated in Scotland, Gwen Hardie lived and worked in London and Berlin before settling in New York City in 2000. Her most recent paintings will be presented in the upcoming solo show, “Under a deep orange sun and a pale blue moon” with Arden + White, New Canaan, Nov 15 – Dec 21, 2024 and at “Untitled” Art Fair in Miami, represented by Arden + White in Dec 2024. Recent solo shows include; “Thresholds,” at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, Feb 2024, “Atmosphere”, at the late Estella Gallery in New Orleans in Dec 2023“, “Intimations”, at 57W57 Arts, New York City, March – April 2022 and “Human Boundaries’ , Galerie Pugliese Levi in Berlin, March – May 2022. Hardie’s paintings are shown regularly in Art Fairs in the USA and Europe, such as Future Fair, NYC and Untitled Art Fair, Miami, represented by Arden + White, Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, The Hague Art Fair, PAN AMSTERDAM and KunstRAI, represented by ASAP Gallery, / Chabot Fine Art in The Hague and the London Art Fair with the Finch Project. Her work is featured in ongoing collaborations with The Spaceless Gallery (based in Paris and Miami), Holly Hunt and The Invisible Collection in New York City. New collaborations with interior designers include US based Chango & Co and Ursino Interiors. She was the youngest living artist ever to be given a solo show at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh in 1994. Hardie’s work is in private and public collections such as The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the British Council, London, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Modern Collection, Lisbon. Her work has been reviewed by Visual Art Source, The Semi-Finalist, Art In America, The New York Times, The Glasgow Herald, The New Yorker, The Scotsman, and The Independent among others.. Hardie has received Fellowships at The Bogliasco Foundation, Genoa, Italy, VCCA, MacDowell and Yaddo in the USA.