David Rankin 'River of Stars I' - screenprint on paper fantastical

David Rankin 'River of Stars I' - screenprint on paper fantasticalDavid Rankins landscapes are underpinned by three themes: Western and Asian cultures, and the Aboriginal concept of place. There are nods to all over painting that is, imagery with no prime form or subject as well as JMW Turners almost indiscernible vistas. Perhaps most striking however, is Rankins practice itself. Privileging process over product, his work follows the curvatures of life, allowing the landscape to reveal itself to him. In this large

his work unearths the metaphysical in the physical

'Monkey I'

Image Size: 24 x 25 cm

Gouache and watercolour on paper

Like the house’s lungs

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Image Size: 56 x 76 cm

as only then can you see the pathos stewing beneath the glamour

The dance of contrast

Best known for his moody twilight studies

In a swirl of colour and shape

80 x 50 cm OR 113 x 72 cm