Dina Gardner Art
American, b. 1962
Dina Gardner has always been fascinated by how artists, whether they are painters, musicians, writers or anyone who uses their gifts of creativity, work through their creative process. She is constantly intrigued that the process is so uniquely different for every artist, regardless of their medium. Dina's process looks like this: It always starts with music, which serves to influence what happens on her canvas. At her easel, there is a lot of singing (slightly off key) and there are spontaneous dance parties (not bad for a white girl.) Her canvas is a gritty piece of paper, sometimes purchased, sometimes hand-made. With the music on, she uses a photo reference she has taken for inspiration and sketches her composition on her canvas. Sometimes, there isn't a photo reference at all but rather an idea in her head that she works from. She often starts with an underpainting, which is the first layer of a painting, using rubbing alcohol to set it permanently on her canvas. Dina's work represents the things she is most drawn to: oceans, water, skies, trees, marshes and meadows. She is an avid traveler and loves to paint a variety of subjects that catch her eye while traveling. She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the mountains or to any path that gets off the beaten path. As an artist, she is always chasing the light, finding the juxtaposition between light and shadow. Dina splits her time between Southern California, where she was born and raised, and Boston, her adoptive city of almost 35 years. Before becoming a full-time artist, Dina founded several recruiting firms, starting her first company when she was 25 years old. What she loved most about being a headhunter was actually getting the businesses off the ground. She loved the 'launching' stage, the blank canvas she was able to work with and the vision she was able to create as she then executed and put her stamp on each one. Standing at her easel gives her the opportunity to put these same skills to use every single time she creates a painting. In addition to her passion for her family, painting and traveling, her heart resides with the Pay It Forward Backpack Project, a grass-roots organization she founded in 2015. The Pay It Forward Backpack Project provides backpacks filled with winter essentials to Boston's homeless population. A percentage of proceeds from each sale of her art is donated to the Backpack Project in an effort to continue to pay it forward by helping the unhoused who often suffer from mental illness, drug and/or alcohol addiction. Dina's motto is 'Carpe Diem" and she does her best to make that happen each and every day.to
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Artist: Dina Gardner
Sky High 1 - Impressionist Meadow Sunset Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Sky High 1
8.0 x 10.0 x 2.0, 6.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
**This painting is professionally framed in a warm gold wood frame with T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Misty Morning, Original Impressionist Pastel Seascape Painting, 2020
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Misty Morning, Original Impressionist Pastel Seascape Painting, 2020
8" x 10" (HxW) Pastel Painting on Board
Artist Commentary:
Have you ever been to Acadia National Park in Maine? It is such a treat and a real must see for nature lovers. As I took the photo reference for this painting I was reminded of a teacher who told me everyone loves a sunny day and to not waste my time on painting misty paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Audience of One, Original Impressionist Seascape Pastel Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Audience of One, Original Impressionist Seascape Painting, 2021
9" x 12" (HxW) Pastel on Board
There is something incredibly serene and sublime about standing upon the ocean's shore, watching the waves slowly roll in, and to be the only human in sight. The reality of Dina Gardner...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Warm Water, Framed Original Impressionist Seascape Pastel Painting on Paper
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Warm Water, Framed Original Contemporary Impressionist Seascape Painting
12" x 24" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
15.5" x 27.5" x 1" (HxWxD) Framed
Hand-signed by the artist.
A soft color palette of blues, greens, and purples is used to depict the clear ocean water as it begins to curl over, cresting into a subtle wave, just enough to make a satisfying crashing sound of water-on-water. The entire artwork is overtaken by the water of the sea, with no land or sky to divert your focus from the vastness of the ocean's depths.
Artist Commentary:
As an artist, I just love being able to take creative license and paint what my mood dictates. The photo reference for this painting was of New England waters and the day I painted this it is was cold and rainy. I was looking for warmth, not 20 degree temps! I took out my set of pastels that remind me of warmer climates and painted this in that palette. The luminosity of pastels really comes through in this painting and just like that, I'm transported under a palm tree watching...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Barn In The Meadow - Impressionist Croatian Barn Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Barn In The Meadow
10.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"I love an old barn! This photo reference was taken on a bike ri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Evening Clouds, Original Sky Painting in Pastel on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Evening Clouds, Original Sky Painting in Pastel on Board, 2021
The sunlight reflects on the clouds in the sky in this original impressionist style painting.
Artist Commentary:
The p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Incoming, Original Impressionist Seascape Pastel Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Incoming, Original Impressionist Painting, 2021
8" x 10" (HxW) Pastel on Board
Please note this piece is framed
A contemporary pastel work depicting the ocean's water crashing onto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Time Traveler - Impressionist Pastel Wave Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Time Traveler
16.0 x 12.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Once in a blue moon, a painting just paints itself. That was the ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Miles of Lavender - Impressionist French Lavender Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Miles of Lavender
8.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"I am obsessed with lavender fields! I love how they smell, the v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Ocean's Jewels - Impressionist Framed Wave Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Ocean's Jewels
24.0 x 12.0 x 1.0, 15.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"**This painting is professionally framed in a 2" warm silver fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Renewal, Original Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Renewal, Original Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2021
8" x 8" Pastel on Board
A peaceful energy emits from this contemporary pastel painting by artist Dina Gardner. The modern impressionist work focuses on the play of light upon the landscape, with undulating tones of greens, browns, and blues across the waterscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Windswept - Impressionist Wave Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Windswept
10.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
“'Windswept' is the fourth painting in my wave series. I love finding the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Sweet Seasons, Original Signed Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Sweet Seasons, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting, 2020
10" x 10" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
Hand-signed by the artist.
An estuary depicted in a lovely light b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Postcard from the Shore - Impressionist Pastel Wave Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Postcard from the Shore
9.0 x 12.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
“'Postcard From The Shore' is a painting done as a demo for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Bare Naked Ladies, Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I am enamored by trees of all kinds. On my RV road trip this fall I fell in love all over again with birch trees, the first trees I ever ventured to paint when I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Live Wire - Impressionist Pastel Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Live Wire
12.0 x 9.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Please note this piece is framed
Artist's Commentary:
"I love this color palette! I wanted to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Above The Fray, Original Signed Contemporary Impressionist Seascape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Above The Fray, Original Contemporary Impressionist Seascape Painting, 2022
8" x 10" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
Hand-signed by the artist.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Tangerine Sky, Framed Original Landscape Painting, 2020
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
10" x 10" (HxW) Pastel Painting on Board
Artist Commentary:
I love a good sunset! I get to the beach every day at 4 pm and walk along the shore until the sky makes its debut. On thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Ocean's Jewels, Framed Original Impressionist Seascape Pastel Painting on Paper
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Ocean's Jewels, Framed Original Contemporary Impressionist Seascape Painting, 2021
12" x 24" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
15.5" x 27.5" x 1" (HxWxD) Overall Framed Dimensions
Hand-signed by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Dream Catchers, Original Signed Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Dream Catchers, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020
8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
Hand-signed by the artist.
An impressionist, almost abstract, landscape pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Moondance, Original Pastel Landscape Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Original Pastel Landscape Painting on Board
12" x 9" (HxW)
This moody landscape painting features a set of tropical palm trees glowing under the moonlight of a deep blue desert sky.
Artist Commentary:
I think the moon is pretty magical and I love watching...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Cottonwood Country, Original Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting on Board
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Cottonwood Country, Original Impressionist Landscape Painting
10" x 10" Pastel on Board
A vibrant color palette spans this work's composition: a periwinkle river runs below the brig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Moments of Repose, Original Landscape Painting, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I very rarely paint from a photo reference I didn't take but the photo my friend took of this scene really stuck with me and she gave me permission to paint it. S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Weekend Warrior, Original Impressionist Seascape Pastel Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Weekend Warrior, Original Impressionist Seascape Painting, 2021
9" x 12" (HxW) Pastel on Board
The ocean water's blues and greens are bright in this seascape of waves dancing along the Massachusetts shore. The sky glows a beautiful periwinkle over the landscape as the salty sea spray splashes into the air.
Artist Commentary:
Inspired by a recent trip to Nantucket where I took over 600 photos of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Sunnies No. 1, Original Signed Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Sunnies No. 1, Original Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Painting
10" x 8" Pastel on Paper
Hand-signed by the artist
An ode to Vincent Van Gogh, this impressionist floral still...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Day Tripper, Impressionist Original Painting, 2020
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Here's what I learned the day I painted ""Day Tripper"" and that is that I should scope out the location for my plein air paintings bef...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Wallflowers - Pastel Daisies Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Wallflowers
8.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 0.1 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Recently I've been intrigued by cast shadows. These little daisies creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel
Sway, Original Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Original Impressionist Landscape, 2021
10" x 10" Pastel Painting on Board
This original square pastel drawing brings the viewer into a tropical summer landscape. The composition hig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Viewing Spot, Original Impressionist Seascape Pastel Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Original Impressionist Seascape
10" x 8" (HxW) Pastel Painting on Board
The color palette in this seascape by artist Dina Gardner includes an exquisite t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
Savoring The Day
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
We’ve all had those days that we just didn’t want to end. This particular day began with several hikes followed by late afternoon at the beach and ending with a b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Dina Gardner Art
Materials
Pastel, Board
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