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Power of the pope

October 2, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

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Eye Am A Camera

September 25, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Eye Am A Camera

There is no shortage of talented photographers in our small town of 2000. Next month at BREWS, I have invited several of these shutterbugs to participate in a group show that will be on display for the month of October. I have asked each photographer to supply one framed image of their choosing. Subject matter and […]

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Building Memories

September 12, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Building Memories

“If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere” – But what if I can’t? We are in New York City to set up for the Hester Street Fair in the lower East Side of Manhattan to hopefully sell a bunch of up-cycled, bleach painted and hand dyed denim – a collection I’ve […]

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Beyond Skin

September 3, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

In the 1990’s I was the lone wolf among friends who didn’t get a big ass tribal tattoo permanently etched onto my skin. It was the word “permanent” that scared and scarred me most. As much as I loved the concept of wearing one’s art on a body part, I could never fully commit to […]

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My MTV moment

August 27, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

My MTV moment

I became aware of MTV’s reality show “The Real World” because of Pedro Zamora – the openly gay, living with AIDS co-star of the 1994, third season television hit. Zamora, a Cuban refugee who came to the USA in 1980 at the age of eight via the Mariel Boatlift, was diagnosed with AIDS at the […]

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Vapid is the new black

August 11, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Vapid is the new black

  Vapid is the new black I was not sure which recent magazine cover grossed me out the most, Kim Kardashian in sailor drag, showing off her only, but ample assets, or the sculpted cow made of fresh hamburger meat extolling the virtues of a $30 hamburger in NYC. Both say a lot about the […]

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Adam joined Eve

August 3, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Adam joined Eve

We placed a beautiful woman in a nude body suit, stiletto heels and a carefully placed fig leaf on a gold pedestal, then asked anyone so inspired to get creative with paint and have some fun. The result was a spontaneous, interactive, spirited romp that had both tongues and tails wagging at the opening of […]

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All About Eve

July 25, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

All About Eve

  As the purported first woman, Eve would have to be the artist’s first model, and the muse and inspiration for countless paintings after arriving via Adam’s rib. This month at BREWS I’ve invited local artists to participate in “The Figure” – a group show that examines the human form. Larry Mansker, Carol Saari, Drew […]

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Never say never

July 17, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Never say never

C I’ve been printing on fabric since the 1960’s – going from tie-dye, to batik, to screen printing, to my own bleaching and dying techniques. I sold my one-of-a-kind, hand printed t-shirts to boutiques on trendy Queen St. West in Toronto in the early 80’s. Later I sold my wares at Key West’s Mallory Square […]

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Lost or Stolen – Post Dali

July 8, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

  I will probably never know if my artwork went accidently missing or was stolen from the Arkansas Convention Center in Little Rock. The State Convention Center had just finished an extensive expansion in 1999 and put the word out to all Arkansas artists to submit work for a 6-month juried exhibition in the newly […]

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