Voyages 2023

Voyages marks Mankin’s 6th solo exhibition and his 4th with Cornwall Contemporary Gallery in Penzance, The exhibition

For David Mankin, each painting is a voyage. He goes on a journey of discovery with every canvas, pushing boundaries, exploring possibilities and finding himself in uncharted territories. Since his residency in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland in November 2022, Mankin has urged himself to be bolder, to say as much with a simpler composition. In Voyages, we see striking marks, large planes of paint and vast shapes. He has pushed himself with his materials, using a starker contrast of thick and thin paint, more expressive passages of charcoal, a greater range of brush sizes and more deliberate use of his hands.

The imaginary deep is what he has achieved in this exhibition; a bolder composition generates a force which draws us in. The viewer too, goes on a kind of voyage. Peering into Mankin’s paintings, an internal journey begins, unlocking memory and the senses.