David Gardner

Born in the High Desert area of Southern California, Dave Gardner soon discovered the beauty and power of clean natural landscapes.  Influenced early on by the emerging environmental movement ,    Dave learned to enjoy finding objects, and then transforming them into useful and artistic objects.  We called it scavenging then, today it is know as repurposing, recycling, or just being "Green".  Today Dave continues to bridge that interface between the unused and the desirable.  For his varied projects he uses almost exclusively either recycled repurposed, or unloved materials.

During his early education, Dave studied Photography.  It was magical.   His photographic career now covers several decades. In addition to photography and woodworking,  Dave currently works in the artistic mediums of contemporary multimedia painting, abstract  textiles, landscape design, custom cabinetry, sculpture and Bonsai. 

His current work focuses on the abstract, taking objects that are traditionally under appreciated and rarely observed,  highlighting their positive aspects from his unique point of view. 

Dave has spearheaded ArtWalk at the Shores since 2017 and is an active member of his community.  More of his artwork can be seen at:

Studiodavegardner.com