David Rankin 'Open Over Stones' impressionism from Girls and Flowers portfolio'

from Girls and Flowers portfolio' 1989

Privileging process over product

in which a child is caught gingerly pouring tea

Printed on Somerset 255gsm Acid Free Archival Rag Paper

‘Chair (Parisians III)’ is a strangely beguiling image

David Rankin 'Open Over Stones' impressionism from Girls and Flowers portfolio'David 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