An original oil on board by Keith James Gardner RCA depicting Sennen Cove in Cornwall from an elevated viewpoint above the beach. The composition looks across the busy sands towards the breaking surf and rocky headland, with figures and beach activity giving the scene a strong sense of movement and summer atmosphere.
Details
Artist: Keith James Gardner RCA (1933-2025)
Title: Sennen Cove Beach from Car Park
Medium: Oil on board
Signature: Signed GARDNER lower right
Date: 5 June 2005, dated 5.6.05 verso
Artwork size: 30.5 × 23 cm (12 × 9 in)
Frame size: 35.5 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in)
Condition: The artwork and frame are both in excellent condition.
Sennen Cove
The reverse carries the artist's KEITH GARDNER RCA stamp together with the title SENNEN COVE BEACH FROM CAR PARK and the handwritten date 5.6.05, identifying both the viewpoint and the date of the painting. Gardner has used the elevated position to take in the sweep of beach, surf and headland while retaining the immediacy characteristic of his small coastal oils.
About the Artist
Keith James Gardner RCA (1933-2025) was born in Liverpool and studied at Liverpool Art School and the Laird School of Art, Birkenhead. He was elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1977 and later became a full member. Gardner worked as a full-time painter from 1975 to 1985 and subsequently spent thirteen years at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead.
The Royal Cambrian Academy recorded Gardner as specialising in small oil panels painted directly on location, particularly around North Wales and the Wirral. Coastal subjects formed an important strand of his work, and Royal Cambrian Academy material also illustrates his painting Breakers Porthmeor St. Ives, documenting a Cornish element within his wider coastal practice.
