Jeremy Gardiner

Mapping the Dorset Coast

The Jurassic Coast is England’s first natural World Heritage Site, a ninety-five mile
long stretch of coastline running from Orcombe Point in east Devon to Old Harry Rocks in east Dorset. Its geology spans the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 185 million years of the earth’s history. Erosion by sea, weather and human activity has resulted in a huge variety of different landforms; cliffs, beaches, landslides, arches and caves, which provide an incredibly rich visual and scientific resource.

Old maps, books, records and artefacts from the museum combined with walks along the coast have been the inspiration for these evocative paintings that blur the line between representation and abstraction. Viewing the coast from the land, sea and air, layers of colour convey sensations, changes in the weather and seasons. The working method behind the pictures, scouring, building accretions of paint, collaging, and sanding down, echoes the archaeological and geological history of the ancient coastal landscape we see today. Like the geological spectrum of the coast, these images are stratified, creating distinct bands of paint and colour in complex layers built up over time.

Jeremy Gardiner

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Broad Bench to Mupe Bay, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 59cm x 160cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Durdle Door to Bat’s Head, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 57cm x 104cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Clavell Tower, Kimmeridge, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 90cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Durlston Head, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 90cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Evening, East Cliff, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 59cm x 122cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Lighthouse, Anvil Point, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 119cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Arish Mell, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 60cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

February Snow, Lulworth Cove, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 56cm x 85cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Mupe Bay, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 67cm x 145cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Moonight, St Aldhelms Head, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 85cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Night, Dancing Ledge, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 59cm x 120cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Orcombe Point to Beer, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 59cm x 120cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Peveril Point from below the Zig Zag path, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 56cm x 87.5cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Seatown Looking Towards Golden Cap, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 91cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Evening, White Nothe, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 60cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Spring, Durdle Door, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 60cm x 46cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Tilly Whim Caves, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 61cm x 62cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

White Nothe, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 61cm x 61cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Freshwater Steps, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 59cm x 45cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Gad Cliff, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 59cm x 45cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Isolated Stacks, Handfast Point, Dorset 2009

acrylic and jesmonite on poplar panel 59cm x 45cm

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Discerning Eye Prize
ING City of London 2014

Mapping the Dorset Coast

Unfolding Landscape
Kings Place Gallery 2013

Jurassic Coast – Victoria Art Gallery 2015

Jurassic Coast
Victoria Art Gallery 2015