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After 10 years the Ian's Realm Saga comes to a close.

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Rescued by the Sea

A very short Sleeping Beauty Retelling inspired by an image.

What if the sleeping princess, instead of waking to the kiss of a prince, rises from her slumber to find the castle crumbling into the sea and no one is around to save her?

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  • Film Projects

    Two adaptions of my books were filmed and won numerous awards. Read about them on Film Freeway

    Film Projects 
  • Audio book available here. https://gardnersart.com/products/audio-an-unconventional-mr-peadlebody

    Audiobooks

    A few of my screenplays and audio books have also won awards. The audio books can be purchased here.

    Audio Books 
  • Fine Arts

    Come learn a little more about my oil paintings. I'm posting some Work in Progress images as well.

    Fine Arts 
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  • Meet Ivar

    Meet Ivar

    Meet Ivar. He was my Anikan (Star Wars). When I first started writing Ivar I had just watched episode 4 of Star Wars and I was heart broken for what...

    Meet Ivar

    Meet Ivar. He was my Anikan (Star Wars). When I first started writing Ivar I had just watched episode 4 of Star Wars and I was heart broken for what...

  • Who is diendrial?

    Who is diendrial?

    If you ever did a search for my Wordpress blog, you'll learn that it shows up as being owned by someone with the name diendrial. This all happened when I...

    Who is diendrial?

    If you ever did a search for my Wordpress blog, you'll learn that it shows up as being owned by someone with the name diendrial. This all happened when I...

  • What? You Too?

    What? You Too?

    “Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”― C.S. Lewis, The Four...

    What? You Too?

    “Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”― C.S. Lewis, The Four...

  • Ian's Realm

    Ian's Realm

    Have you ever wanted to escape reality and enter a world of magic and adventure? Look no further than Ian's Realm, a captivating series that will transport you to a...

    Ian's Realm

    Have you ever wanted to escape reality and enter a world of magic and adventure? Look no further than Ian's Realm, a captivating series that will transport you to a...

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Who am I?

I'm an award winning artist, author and screenwriter who spends a lot of time in a fantasy world, writing, painting, and creating artistic what-nots to post everywhere I can.

I've dabbled in film-making. Local indie filmmakers and I have created a few short adaptions of my books. In this photo you see me at rehearsal at my fencing club while we were preparing the duel for Cassandra's Castle.

I'm a lover of the classics, both visual and literary. Prone to pick up a paperback over a digital copy. I believe a story should be good enough to hand down from one generation to the next.

D.L. Gardner Fine Arts

I've been an oil painter and portrait artist for over fifty years. If you are interest in a commission piece, or would like to see my portfolio, Click here.