Dorset Coast

Dorset Coast

Gardiner can be seen as part of an older tradition in his selection of coastlines and islands as subject matter. The Dorset and Cornwall coasts, and the islands of Fernando de Noronha, are all appealingly ‘unspoilt’. Their geological features and the hardness of their...
Arvor

Arvor

In order to see familiar places from unfamiliar perspectives I decided to paint a series of vertical paintings from the cliff tops of the coast of Cornwall. Mullion Cove is depicted in evening light that accentuates the structure of the harbour, built between 1893 and...
Inshore Along the Dorset Coast

Inshore Along the Dorset Coast

I have been painting the Dorset coast for 40 years. These paintings are based on specific places, they are also about journeys and natural phenomena, and looking at the work invites imaginative travel into the distant past. My work about the coast reflects a journey...