Research Post #2: Tiffany Rankin

Tiffany Rankin is an Austin Texas artist. She has lived here for 18 years due to wanting to be closer to family. Rankin comes from a creative family and is mainly self taught, although she did go to art school for a degree in graphic design.

The mediums they use is acrylic ink and oils. Their biggest inspiration would have to be history belonging in ancient times. A lot of their work is revolved with the idea of time and beautiful women. They are also a women advocate and how females have point of view on life.

The way Tiffany Rankin is inspired is through her inspiration wall. She has color palettes and several images that she looks at and waits for an idea to simmer.

Here is a work she did where she is focused on the women perspective of life. The colors are absolutely beautiful. Another thing she mentioned was how she didn’t want to tell people much about the work or how to feel. She wanted her audience to decide for themselves how to interpret her pieces.

In this next piece, you can see how her history and the pov of a women really stand out. With the marking on her face and the leaves popping out, you can sort of tell that its suppose to be historical.

citation: https://artofaustin.com/tiffany-rankin/

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