{"id":138294,"date":"2023-09-07T16:36:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=138294"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:39:03","slug":"the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-paintbrush-new-from-jcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=138294","title":{"rendered":"The Pen Is Mightier Than The Paintbrush; New FROM JCG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">London artist James Cyril Gardiner has had to (at least temporarily) abandon his Copic Marker cityscapes and adopt an unconventional new approach to drawing- one which utilises Bic blue ballpoint pens. Known for his beautiful, almost ghost-like images of global cities tracing the people living working and passing through them, this new pen series moves his work in a new direction. Never one for a formal approach find out more  in <em>The Pen Is Mightier Than The Paintbrush; New FROM JCG <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?resize=580%2C838&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Worsening arthritis in his hand as an indirect result of the physical trauma of a near-death car crash in 2001 has meant for the Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/jamescyrilgardiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James C Gardiner <\/a>the pain felt when rendering with markers was becoming intolerable. The slow, light strokes used by hyperrealistic pen artists suggested a way forward with the creative take of using only a Bic pen has brought about invention.   As we know necessity is the Mother of all invention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Various application techniques, usually involving the most gentle of touches, arbitrary swirls, and angular strokes but sometimes extending to an almost \u2018percussive\u2019 pointillism result in drawings he calls \u2018Bictures\u2019- not attempts at Photorealism, not Abstractions, but maybe somewhere in between. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">His latest project focuses on classic images of key figures in the London creative scene, mainly from the late 20th century- London heroes, captured in iconic photographs and then transmogrified, over a period of 30-60 hours each, into \u2018Bictures\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image1The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image1The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?resize=580%2C836&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image1The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image1The-Pen-Is-Mightier-Than-The-Paintbrush-New-FROM-JCG.jpeg?resize=208%2C300&amp;ssl=1 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">These new Blue Ballpen artworks explore differing rendering processes, challenging when working only with a Bic blue pen. The works are labour-intensive yet require the gentlest of touches, often taking over 30 hours to produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The picture on show include Ian Dury, Poly Styrene, David Bowie, Jah Wobble, Vivienne Westwood, Roland Gift, Sade, Siouxsie Sioux, and footballer Pele at 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">To find the full portfolio of works from<a href=\"https:\/\/jamescyrilgardiner.com\/\"> James Cyril Gardiner please visit here Jamescyrilgardiner.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Bictures of my London heroes\u2019\u00a0is on display until November in the Noes Lobby, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-gb\/hotels\/lonch-london-marriott-hotel-county-hall\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London Marriott County Hall Hotel, London SE1<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London artist James Cyril Gardiner has had to (at least temporarily) abandon his Copic Marker cityscapes and adopt an unconventional&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"features_issues":[],"featured_themes":[14709],"ppma_author":[16671],"class_list":["post-138294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","featured_themes-formal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Pen Is Mightier Than The Paintbrush; 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