David Rankin 'Go Player Rocks and Rain' still life 'Girl with Bird' 1965

'Girl with Bird' 1965

There is more going on that can be easily synthesized

oil on board

While tranquility reigns here

David Rankin 'Go Player Rocks and Rain' still life 'Girl with Bird' 1965David 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. Cast in pale