Tim McFarlane

2022 Year end review :: I tend to overthink what to type for these reviews but I managed to figure something out 🤪 In no particular order, here are a bunch of things I made and moments captured during a year of much abundance and gratitude.

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In the studio :: One Way Out, 2022, acrylic, spray paint, colored pencil on canvas, 48” x 48”

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#worksonpaperwedensday :: back with another batch for WOPW, as seen in my studio. These are from 2013, all acrylic on paper, 22” x 30”. Thanks for looking🎨🎨🎨

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Studio 12.01.22 :: I felt a perceptive shift within me regarding aspects of my work now and possibilities moving forward. Yesterday evening felt like a moment where the dust of years of different paths and influences collided and started forming a couple of new ways forward that I feel absolutely compelled to follow. An “oh shit, yes!!” moment that packs a bigger punch than others in the past.

The question of inspiration comes up once in a while and my answer is always some version of “life and doing the work” that I elaborate on. First, no idea comes from a single influence or source; there’s always a constellation of experiences-conversations, random thoughts, dreams, research, whispers, daydreaming, reading, music, doodling, walking down a different street, noticing that tiny crack in your glass-that can lead to where you are now. Everything that you’ve lived through is right in that moment of discovery.

Second, I don’t believe in waiting for “inspiration”. That comes from doing the work, whatever that is for you. You don’t get anywhere sitting and making yourself frustrated that inspiration hasn’t swept you off you feet. It won’t, trust me, I know. Doing, actively participating is how discovery happens. Begin where you are with what you have and see where that takes you. Rinse and repeat as needed.

“How long did it take to to do that?” My whole life to this point, literally.

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I’ve been slowly reviving my art blog, “Doing The Work”, so if you’re interested in my longer ramblings re: art and life, go here: https://timmcfarlane.blogspot.com/

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Set of nine works on paper from 2014, as seen in my studio. All are: acrylic, acrylic marker on paper, 30” x 22”🎨🎨🎨

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Your table of contents could lead you to an introduction resulting in a treatise on vegetable garden layout or, you can just wake up…

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Midnight Run, 2021, acrylic, vinyl paint, micaceous iron oxide on panel, 30” x 24”, one of nine recent paintings on view in my solo show, “EVIDENCE” in the Speer Gallery at The Shipley School through 12.20.22. The Speer Gallery is open M-F during school hours until 4pm. All works available through the Bridgette Mayer Gallery🎨🎨🎨