by ChrisHeirani | Jun 8, 2026
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...
by ChrisHeirani | Mar 2, 2014
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...