Description
David Mankin is one of the most compelling abstract painters of his generation, creating works of intensity and depth inspired by the Cornish landscape. His paintings carry an emotional weight and instil a visceral response – each painting evoking real feelings rather than a casual observation. Through his unique language of paint, he captures the wilds of Cornwall, distilling its essence into something profoundly human. The resultant body of work forms a lasting connection in all who encounter it and I believe his standing in the art world will continue to soar amongst his many collectors around the world.
Sarah Brittain-Mansbridge MBE, Director, Cornwall Contemporary Gallery
David Mankin is a contemporary painter of abstract landscapes based in Cornwall. A series of sell-out solo exhibitions and a fast-expanding international following has generated widespread interest in how Mankin has developed and continues to employ a distinctive painterly language to create his evocative paintings and communicate the sensory experience of being in the landscape.
David Mankin: Language in Paint follows on from the hugely successful David Mankin: Remembering in Paint published in 2021 exploring his language of painting in detail together with his evolving creative process. David Mankin Language of Paint gives unrivalled access to the sources and influences that inform his work and for the first time to his much admired sketchbooks, the essence of his language of paint.
Alison Bevan looks into Mankin’s continually evolving art practice: his core subject, his internal drivers, his methods, philosophies tools, and his materials. She places Mankin’s work and approach to painting within the wider context of the Action Painters and Abstract Expressionists of the mid-century, as well as exploring and interrogating Mankin’s abstracted language.
Through its pages the reader can gain a remarkable insight into the artist’s work and how he has created a unique voice through unearthing, dscovering and developing a language of paint together with his profound attachment to the Cornish landscape.
