David rankin artist biography

Australian artist

David RankinOAM is a New York-based Australian artist. He works predominantly in oil painting and acrylic on canvas, but also works with paper, prints, sculptures and ceramics.

David Rankin was born in Plymouth, England.

David Rankin was born in Plymouth, England.

David Rankin OAM is a New York-based Australian artist.

David Rankin OAM is a New York-based Australian artist.

David Rankin, a New York-based Australian artist, is celebrated for his expressive and vibrant abstract works.

(Australian, born )​​ David Rankin is a British-born Australian artist known for his expressionistic abstract paintings.

Rankin has held over 100 one-person exhibitions in cities across the world and his work forms part of many of the world's leading collections and museums.^[1]

Early life and work

David Rankin was born in Plymouth, Devon, England in 1946 then emigrated to Australia with his family in 1948.

He spent his childhood in the 1950s in the semi-rural Port Hacking region, south of Sydney, and his teenage years in country New South Wales, from Hay, Wagga Wagga and Albury in the south to Bourke and Brewarrina in the north.^{[citation needed]}

Rankin is self-taught, developing his techniques and ideas in the outback towns of his youth.

He was inspired by the greats from Leonardo da Vinci to Paul Klee as well as being influenced by the history of Buddhism