Strata 2018

In Strata, the echoes arising from repeated depictions become apparent when Gardiner’s five paintings of a site are placed alongside one another, although this is not necessarily how he would choose to display them. Painting en plein air, in Strata’s early stages, he...
Paintings on Paper process

Paintings on Paper process

The paintings on paper are layered with materials and paint and carved back in ways that evoke geological processes, with subjects covering an array of landforms along the South Coast of England. The compositions start with line drawings, topographical...