Theresa Rankin: A Persevering Painter

"I look at things as shapes of color and light; therefore I am happy to paint anything that stirs my heart and mind. I strive for a mix of realism and looseness I find emotionally and visually satisfying. Life gets in the way of my painting often but I persevere anyway."

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

A Vaulted Sky and Movies.....

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Vaulted Sky 20x20 oil As I promised here is the latest landscape started barely before Christmas....now finished. I put the last of it on y...
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Monday, December 29, 2008

Just a little....

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Christmas is over and there is a little bit of sadness in my heart. It is a sweet kind of sadness though....that nostalgic feeling you get w...
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Monday, December 22, 2008

A Crisis Is Less Likely To Revise Ones Nature Than To Reveal It...

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Make a Smilebox slideshow Well, friends, the holidays are in full swing and I am caught up in a round of visiting baking, cooking, painting ...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

In The Begining....

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I started this one day before yesterday..a landscape. It is a 20x20...sometimes I like to paint on a square format. I begin pretty much the ...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

Success....The Beginning and the End....or Vice Versa..

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Gospel Singer 11x14 oil This painting was done on the 13th....the day I threw out the failed landscape. I really needed to prove to myself t...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

Can you say "Paint By Number"?....

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Hmmm....it took only three days to find out that I was correct..... off to a very good start only to find out that this painting began to di...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Starting Again...

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Here is the beginning of a new painting...well it is actually just a color study. I rarely do them...studies, that is.... but this one has s...
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Monday, December 8, 2008

Desert Moon....

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Desert Moon 11x14 oil Here is another quick study from the other day. I have admired night paintings or nocturnes from several artists here...
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Efforts.....

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Music! 8x10 oil I have been away from the computer by design lately. There are several reasons and I will touch on a few here. I have been s...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Tagged Again!!!

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I have just been tagged again....Thank you Barbara Muir ...fantastic artist, friend and admirer! I will get to the rest of the game in a bit...
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Theresa Rankin
Carthage, Missouri, United States
I tell the story through shapes of color and light expressed with gestural brushwork and a solid design. The subject matter is unimportant...it is a subtle mixture of mystery, longing, light, beauty and a bit of unreachability that gives me the emotional reaction that in turn inspires me to paint. I strive for a mix of realism and looseness I find emotionally and visually satisfying"
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