Alan Lankin
Whispers, 2021
Mixed media collage on paper (gouache, watercolor, pen, ink, pencil, graphite, acrylic, acrylic marker, printed papers & torn papers)
12 x 15" (framed)

Artist Statement
My collages and works on paper are improvised. I shape the works step by step, layer by layer, and the end result reveals itself as I progress. I am imagining space and time converging into a two-dimensional surface resembling a landscape.

My process with these works involves using a wide variety of materials, mediums and methods. I like being able to directly manipulate the physical materials in these small works.

The media used in my works on paper include gouache, watercolor, acrylic, pen, pencil, graphite sticks, crayons and markers. Materials include fragments from discarded drawings, printed & other found papers, cardboard, packaging, notebook writings and lists. Methods include tearing, cutting, painting, pasting and drawing.

My artistic practice includes painting, drawing and mixed media on paper.

Artist Bio

Alan Lankin makes paintings and works on paper. He has had solo shows in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has exhibited his paintings and works on paper at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, as well as Rosemont Collage, Salus University and West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He has also shown work at the Bridgette Mayer, Cerulean Arts and Gross McLeaf galleries in Philadelphia.

He studied art at the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has had a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. He lives and works in the Philadelphia area.

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