September 2014 | Jeremy Painting Old Harry, the Pinnacle and the Haystack | Swanage, Dorset
Old Harry lies at the end of a chalk headland that sticks out to sea and is part of the Purbeck Monocline that gives rise to the prominent ridge of steeply dipping Cretaceous chalk which now forms the Purbeck Hills. This chalk band runs from Swyre Head via Flower's...
August 2014 | Jeremy Prepares Poplar Wood Panels for New Series of Paintings
A landscape contour is carved in low relief into the surface of a poplar panel, before painting begins.
July 2014 | Jeremy adds details to the 3D relief map of the Jurassic Coast
Jeremy models details of features such as Chesil Bank, Durdle Door and Old Harry Rocks on a unique 3D relief map of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. The map serves as a legend to locate a variety of different landforms that have inspired his paintings and prints of the...
June 2014 | ING shows Gardiner’s paintings from the 1980s in London
"The ING show begins with my early explorations of landscape. In the early 1980s I had also become interested in Landsat imagery (photographs taken from satellites 570 miles up in space) and Nazca Indian line drawings and these were to influence both the surface and...
May 2014 | Progress on the 3D Map of the Jurassic Coast
We used a CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) milling machine to build the 3D Map from geospatial data of the Jurassic Coast supplied by Dr Andy Ford of Bournemouth University. By starting with a solid block and removing material, the Subtractive Rapid Prototyping...
April 2014 | Researching Fossils at BRLSI in Bath with Dr Matt Williams for Jurassic Coast Paintings
Jeremy and Dr Matt Williams looking at volume IV of A History of British Fossil Reptiles, by Sir Richard Owen, 1849. Jeremy visited Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution to collect images of fossils from Sir Richard Owen's: A History of British Fossil...
March 2014 | Scale Models of Lighthouses
A series of scale models of lighthouses in the South West were constructed, for studio reference. Jeremy holds the models for 'Godrevy Lighthouse, St Ives' on his left hand and 'Anvil Point Lighthouse, Dorset' on his right hand; in the background you can see 'Tater Du...
February 2014 | Visiting Khadi Papers in Chilgrove, Chichester
The paper is made in South India with off-cuts from cotton T-shirts, which arrive in massive jute sacks from hosiery mills. As well as using recycled cotton, Khadi Papers are also made from recycled jute and from tropical crop residual fibres, banana leaf and sugar...
January 2014 | Milling a Relief Map of the Dorset Coast
Jeremy is building a large scale 3D model of the Dorset Coast with data supplied by Andrew Ford of Bournemouth University. The map is being carved from high density modelling board on a Roland milling machine by Jake Durrant at Ravensbourne. ...
December 2013 | Jeremy Visits Guangzhou Academy, China
Jeremy gave a presentation at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in China. He met with Staff and students who were celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Academy. Jeremy Gardiner's name written in Chinese, on the cover of his monograph
October 2013 | Unfolding Landscape Talk | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
Jeremy Gardiner spoke at BRLSI, to a full auditorium of artists and academics, about his artistic excavation of the geology of landscape, how it is shaped by human activity and the forces of nature. Aware of distinct geologies, Gardiner interprets through his painting...
September 2013 | Sea Kayaking at Handfast Point | Jesse Lawrence Filming ‘A Page in the Book of Time’
Old Harry lies at the end of a chalk headland that sticks out to sea and is part of the Purbeck Monocline that gives rise to the prominent ridge of steeply dipping Cretaceous chalk which now forms the Purbeck Hills. This chalk band runs from Swyre Head via Flower's...