Miranda Gardiner’s work and life-long interests have always been centred around food and art. She is a post-graduate of The Courtauld Institute of Art in London and Falmouth College of Art in Cornwall. As a former curator of contemporary art, she has worked with artists such as Tacita Dean, James Turrell and Andy Goldsworthy.

An artist new to Red Rag Gallery, Miranda Gardiner paints landscapes and still-lifes on linen, canvas and deep wooden panels. The paintings are the result of seeing a distinctive feature in the landscape: a crisp line at the edge of freshly mown grass, a new swathe of road cutting through an ancient Devon lane, a tangled band of gorse bordering the top of a field; or seductive produce: velvety figs, a bunch of fresh mint flowers, budding jasmine in a glazed saffron pot or the soft pinch mark on a handmade ceramic cup. She lives in South Devon with her three children and husband.

“My paintings are made-up of thin layers of mixed media - paint, pencil, pastel, charcoal - which result in a very matt finish, like the wall of an Italian fresco.”

Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Miranda Gardiner artist studio and, like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art, it can be shipped worldwide.