David Rankin 'Clouds Reflected II' bright & vivid

David Rankin 'Clouds Reflected II' bright & vividDavid 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. All Clouds

'Flightpath over Fire Country 3'

these images follow a lone student through desolate suburbia

At its edge

producing hyper realistic images that fuse the erotic and the 20th century movement: Magic Realism

refers to the Ancient Greek goddess of agriculture

possibilities and curvatures

plonking a nude in its tea-house lined streets

His imagery is an interplay of colour

James WHITINGTON (1951 - )

changing beyond recall

stars or figments of Rankin’s imagination

Image Size: 49 x 44 cm