Bronia GardnerArtist
A fragmented painting of two upholstered chairs. Parts of the blue buttoned back and the worn seats remain; the rest dissolves into a flat grey-lilac ground.

Where Someone Sat

Bronia Gardner · 2026 · Archival pigment print on canvas

I’m drawn to what remains after use.

Paintings and stitched work made from photographs, in a studio in Weardale, County Durham.

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The trace of a body, the memory of weight

Every piece begins with an ordinary photograph. Through painting, layers are removed and softened until only what feels essential is left. What survives is rarely the object. It is the residue of somebody having been there.

How Bronia came to this

Fragments of peeling wallpaper in cream and pale green, with a broken blue-and-white ceramic jug and a colander, floating on a warm putty ground.

Untitled

2026

Worn wallpaper and blue-and-white ceramics. Ordinary domestic things that quietly witness generations.

A faded sepia photograph on canvas of five figures casting long shadows on sand. The coat of the smallest child is picked out in dense hand stitching.

The Smallest Among Them

2026 · Archival pigment print on canvas with hand stitching

Thread used not to restore what has been lost, but to draw attention to one quiet presence within a group.

The west front of Lincoln Cathedral in pale honey stone, its towers and arcading intact at the centre while the edges break away into bare grey ground.

Beautiful Lincoln

2026 · Limited edition giclĂ©e

Less a traditional architectural image than an impression. Fragments of stone, light and history held quietly in space.

Blackberries, apples, roses and dried seed heads taken apart and reassembled as scattered fragments across a soft neutral ground.

A Gathering of Summer

2026 · From The Remembered Garden

We remember seasons as scattered details rather than whole pictures. The weight of blackberries on a bramble, a flower head left to dry.

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Enquiries

Original paintings, limited edition prints and cards are available, and Bronia takes commissions from personal photographs. Nothing is sold through a checkout here. Prices, sizes and framing are discussed by email or phone, which suits work that is usually chosen carefully rather than quickly.

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