Jeremy Gardiner (Born 1957)
Jeremy Gardiner
Clavell Tower, KimmeridgeAcrylic & mixed media on poplar panel
23½ x 35½ ins (59.9 x 89.9 cms)
signed & dated 2009
title inscribed verso
£ 7000
Notes from the artist:
'Built in 1831, Clavell Tower is a cliff-top folly and was the subject of a Shell poster by Paul Nash in the 1930s. It was also the setting for P.D. James' 'The Black Tower'. Seen from Swyre Head, the highest point on the Isle of Purbeck, Clavell Tower is only a speck on the coast in this painting and helps create a sense of scale as one looks along the coast to Gad Cliff and Portland beyond. I was walking along this stretch of coast in 2007 when I saw the engineers busy with their theodolites in preparation to move it back from the cliff edge. I painted the picture after it was moved.'
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