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Colin Russell Gardiner b. 1937

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Gardiner is a self-taught painter who began study in 1954 at the South Australian School of Art but left to qualify as an electrician. In 1972 he took up full time painting and worked under Polish/Australian artist Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski, including working on a giant mural Spacescope 1970 installed at the Adelaide airport in 1970.

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Fair View Of Subiaco. “Fairview Historic Home.” Fairview Historic Home, www.fairviewofsubiaco.com.au.
Murrell, Bill. To Thyself Be True. 2023.
https://www.booktopia.com.au/to-thyself-be-true-bill-murrell/book/9781922727633.html
“Art History Cameos: Andrew Douglas Ambrose Murrell; Stirling Art Collector and Artist.” Mount Lofty Districts Historical Society Inc., 10 Dec. 2023, mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au/?page_id=3383.
https://mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au/?page_id=3383
“Art History Cameos: Colin Russell Gardiner.” Mount Lofty Districts Historical Society Inc., 14 Mar. 2021, mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au/?page_id=2227.
https://mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au/?page_id=2227
Colin Russell Gardiner. 1937-2015 Australia – Prices of Art at Auction. www.aasd.com.au/artist/19504-colin-russell-gardiner.
https://www.aasd.com.au/artist/19504-colin-russell-gardiner/
Kemp, Rod. “Book Launch Invitation.” Mount Lofty Districts Historical Society Inc., 15 May 2023, mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au/?p=3348.
https://mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au/?p=3348
Tuck, Ruth. “Airport Mural ‘dazzling.’” The Advertiser, 19 Dec. 1970, p. 26.
Probert, Noel. “Old School.” Adelaide Hills Magazine, pp. 130–33.

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