David Rankin is one of the world’s top professional watercolor painters working today. He and his wife, Deanna, live in Cleveland, Ohio / USA, where David maintains his professional Studio.

David is an honors/graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and a successful painter, art author, lecturer and workshop trainer. His watercolors are in numerous public and private art collections and have been featured in over 110 Museum Exhibitions; numerous watercolor books & magazines; and in many one-man exhibitions all across North America as well as in Japan and Sweden.

David is one of the true modern-day masters of transparent watercolor and he exudes a dynamic passion for the medium in his lectures, demos, and class instruction. 

He is one of the most effective watercolor trainers in the world today. He is a very classic watercolor painter exhibiting the highest level of skills common to transparent watercolor since the 1700‘s. David’s exceptional mastery of the watercolor medium are now seamlessly merged into the very latest 21st century computer & imaging skills. And he uses this unique combination to train artists faster and more effectively.