by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
South by Southwest is a journey to explore our coastline from Ilfracombe in north Devon to St Margaret’s Bay in Kent, looking afresh at the harbours, bays, coves, castles and follies that characterise the remarkable shoreline of the south coast and encountering a...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
The Tintagel of Merlin and Arthur is a magical place to commence the five-hundred-mile adventure of the South West Coast Path. Deep in these cliffs lie veins of tourmaline, a dark rock with a subdued and milky gleam. Expert cutting and polishing releases a dazzling...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
The work you see here results from many hours spent on the coast, making meticulous line drawings, studying weather conditions at first hand and painting en plein air. This is followed by many further hours in the studio, recollecting the moods and emotions felt in...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
The rocks of Cornwall have a fascinating story to tell that includes tropical seas, deserts, volcanic eruptions and ever changing climate and sea levels. I incorporate man-made structures in my landscapes to give a sense of scale, I think of them in the landscape like...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 4, 2024
In 2010 Gardiner was Artist in Residence in the Geography Department of the University of Nottingham on a project investigating the Lake District. Gardiner began his residency by considering the legacy of artistic activity in the region, from Thomas Hearne’s tours in...