Portraits (of the artist) in the Landscape | August 2023
The landscape painter momentarily inhabits the picture; alongside easel, brushes, paint, he becomes part of the scenery. I observe his eyes sharp with concentration, and the movements of brush, knife or pencil. There are also pauses, when listening to crashing waves distracts me, while I patiently wait for the next gesture or stance, framing the…
London Art Fair 2023 | Business Design Centre | Islington
The London Art Fair is a showcase of Modern and Contemporary art, with 20,000 visitors attending throughout the five days. The London Art Fair provides an established home for Modern British Art, whilst embracing an increasingly international and contemporary outlook, with new galleries from around the world. This year’s 34th Edition featured, on the main concourse, a selection…
Victoria Art Gallery Bath collection | Artist’s gift
Lulworth Cove IV 50cm x 35cm A gift of Lulworth Cove IV was given to the Victoria Art Gallery in recognition of Jon Bennington’s tenure as Director of the gallery. ‘Works on paper have always formed a vital element of Jeremy Gardiner’s artistic practice. Twenty Stations of the Dorset Coast, a series begun in 2018,…
Sussex Landscape | Pallant House Gallery, Chichester | November 2022 – April 2023
Jeremy with his painting Solar, Seven Sisters at Pallant House Private View Solar Seven Sisters, Sussex 80cm x 150cm Defined by its iconic chalk-cliff coastline and the rolling expanse of the South Downs, Sussex has inspired artists and writers across the centuries. While some found solace and reflection in the landscape, for others, it provided…
Dorset Museum collection | September 2022
August evening, Lyme Regis The collectors Jim and Marion Perriss have donated ‘August Evening, Lyme Regis’ to the Dorset Museum. ‘This painting is about spirit and sense of place, evoking a keen understanding of a particular landscape, its contours and unique history. The four panels of this work give a wide angle view, but…
A Murmuration | Candid Arts Trust, London | May 2022
A Murmuration | Candid Arts Trust, London 19-22 May, 2022 A Murmuration is a four-day festival at Candid Arts Trust led by artists, artist-educators, curators and learning professionals. Spread across the Trust’s 2,400 square foot galleries, the festival includes exhibitions, public programmes, residencies, events and workshops in the service of social and civil justice; accessibility, inclusivity…
CONTRABAND | Candida Stevens Gallery, Chichester | 5 March – 1 April 2022
Mousehole Lulworth Cove and Stairhole ‘Contraband’ captures the landing points along the South Coast that were the haunts and hideouts of smugglers in the Eighteenth Century. This latest series of paintings explore the seaside towns, fishing villages, beaches and coves of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Sussex, famously immortalised in the poems and novels of…
Chengdu Biennale – Superfusion | Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, China
Chengdu Biennale – Superfusion Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art Sichuan Province, China 6 November 2021 – 4 April 2022 Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province and the central hub of southwest China is a metropolis of seventeen million people. In August 2021 two new museums opened covering an area of 70,000 sq meters. Superfusion…
Unsettling Landscapes: The Art of the Eerie | St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery
Sceptred Isle St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery New St, Lymington SO41 9BH 18 September – 8 January 2022 Pegwell Bay, Kent a Recollection “The eerie represents a counter-narrative to the recognisable traditions of the picturesque and the pastoral in British place-art. Where the pastoral encodes order and comfort, the eerie registers dissent and…
Concrete Castles: Britain’s War Defences of 1940 | Aug-Dec, 2021
Concrete Castles: Britain’s War Defences of 1940. Bodmin Keep, Bodmin, PL31 1EG 27 July – 4 December 2021 Installation view Britain’s World War 2 defence structures, especially pillboxes are found on the coast and in the landscape. The painting ‘Worbarrow Bay and Mupe Bay from Flower’s Barrow’ shows the pillbox on the site of an…