We had a successful Preview of Paisnel Gallery's forthcoming exhibition taking place from Wednesday 28 September to Friday 14 October. On view were a small group of the framed paintings from the exhibition together with a very interesting 16 min documentary film,...
Summer Colour at Anvil Point, Dorset
'Anvil Point is a very special lighthouse for me; my grandmother lived nearby in a coastguard cottage. When I was a boy I used to spend the summers with her and we would walk through Durlston Park and past Anvil Point Lighthouse. I...
October 2015 | ‘Pillars of Light’ | Making of the Documentary Film
Richard Hughes of Edge 2 Edge Films shown here documenting 'Pillars of Light', Jeremy's new series of paintings portraying a selection of lighthouses in the South West coast of England. DJI Inspire drone flying over Jeremy while he paints Start Point lighthouse from...
September 2015 | Start Point Lighthouse, Devon
Start Point is one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English Coast, running sharply almost a mile into the sea on the South side of Start Bay near Dartmouth. The Lighthouse, sited at the very end of the headland, has guided vessels in passage along the English...
May 2015 | Asa Delta (Hang-Gliding) in Rio de Janeiro
Jeremy explores the coastal landscape of Rio de Janeiro for a new series of paintings. Roni Falcão takes Jeremy on a 10 min hang gliding adventure featuring the powerful presence of Pedra da Gávea, a Granite and Gneiss mountain with an elevation of 844 metres (2,769...
March 2015 | A Page in the Book of Time | Kayaking Around Old Harry Rocks
Watch a clip from A Page in the Book of Time, a recent film on Jeremy's explorations of the Jurassic Coast. https://vimeo.com/105326930
January 2015 | Jurassic Coast exhibition | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
John Makepeace OBE opened the exhibition with a few words about how Jeremy's first solo exhibition took place at Parnham House, Dorset in 1979. Jon Bennington, Director of the Victoria Gallery, smiles as they stand in front of panoramic intaglio monoprints on display.
December 2014 | Artist’s Proof, Carborundum Prints
I became aware of the painterly quality offered by carborundum printing in the studio of master printmaker Peter Wray in York. Inks Stencils Colograph Plate
November 2014 | Early Stages of Works on Paper Featuring Lulworth Crumple
Lulworth Crumple The attractive form of Lulworth Cove formed due to the effect of the erosive power of the sea on the vertical layers of different types of rock. At some point in the past, the river would have punched a hole in the hard Portland Limestone that formed...
October 2014 | William Smith and The Map That Changed The World
Jeremy and the bust of William Smith with his map, on a recent visit to the Geological Society at Burlington House, London. I first came across sections of William Smith’s map at Bath’s Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) while searching for fossils from...
September 2014 | Jeremy Painting Old Harry, the Pinnacle and the Haystack | Swanage, Dorset
Old Harry lies at the end of a chalk headland that sticks out to sea and is part of the Purbeck Monocline that gives rise to the prominent ridge of steeply dipping Cretaceous chalk which now forms the Purbeck Hills. This chalk band runs from Swyre Head via Flower's...
August 2014 | Jeremy Prepares Poplar Wood Panels for New Series of Paintings
A landscape contour is carved in low relief into the surface of a poplar panel, before painting begins.
July 2014 | Jeremy adds details to the 3D relief map of the Jurassic Coast
Jeremy models details of features such as Chesil Bank, Durdle Door and Old Harry Rocks on a unique 3D relief map of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. The map serves as a legend to locate a variety of different landforms that have inspired his paintings and prints of the...
June 2014 | ING shows Gardiner’s paintings from the 1980s in London
"The ING show begins with my early explorations of landscape. In the early 1980s I had also become interested in Landsat imagery (photographs taken from satellites 570 miles up in space) and Nazca Indian line drawings and these were to influence both the surface and...
May 2014 | Progress on the 3D Map of the Jurassic Coast
We used a CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) milling machine to build the 3D Map from geospatial data of the Jurassic Coast supplied by Dr Andy Ford of Bournemouth University. By starting with a solid block and removing material, the Subtractive Rapid Prototyping...
April 2014 | Researching Fossils at BRLSI in Bath with Dr Matt Williams for Jurassic Coast Paintings
Jeremy and Dr Matt Williams looking at volume IV of A History of British Fossil Reptiles, by Sir Richard Owen, 1849. Jeremy visited Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution to collect images of fossils from Sir Richard Owen's: A History of British Fossil...
March 2014 | Scale Models of Lighthouses
A series of scale models of lighthouses in the South West were constructed, for studio reference. Jeremy holds the models for 'Godrevy Lighthouse, St Ives' on his left hand and 'Anvil Point Lighthouse, Dorset' on his right hand; in the background you can see 'Tater Du...
February 2014 | Visiting Khadi Papers in Chilgrove, Chichester
The paper is made in South India with off-cuts from cotton T-shirts, which arrive in massive jute sacks from hosiery mills. As well as using recycled cotton, Khadi Papers are also made from recycled jute and from tropical crop residual fibres, banana leaf and sugar...
January 2014 | Milling a Relief Map of the Dorset Coast
Jeremy is building a large scale 3D model of the Dorset Coast with data supplied by Andrew Ford of Bournemouth University. The map is being carved from high density modelling board on a Roland milling machine by Jake Durrant at Ravensbourne. ...
December 2013 | Jeremy Visits Guangzhou Academy, China
Jeremy gave a presentation at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in China. He met with Staff and students who were celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Academy. Jeremy Gardiner's name written in Chinese, on the cover of his monograph