Tim McFarlane
@timmcfarlanestudio.bsky.social
Visual Artist | Philadelphia, PA
Paintings, works on paper and assorted miscellany
TimMcFarlane.com
tim@timmcfarlane.com
[studio blog]: https://open.substack.com/pub/timmcfarlanestudio
[monthly email]: https://open.substack.com/pub/tmstudio
Paintings, works on paper and assorted miscellany
TimMcFarlane.com
tim@timmcfarlane.com
[studio blog]: https://open.substack.com/pub/timmcfarlanestudio
[monthly email]: https://open.substack.com/pub/tmstudio
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March 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Summer will be here before you know it…
[🎥 :: Tim McFarlane]
[🎥 :: Tim McFarlane]
March 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Summer will be here before you know it…
[🎥 :: Tim McFarlane]
[🎥 :: Tim McFarlane]
Some Kinda Something Else • 2022 • acrylic, acrylic marker, spray paint on panel • 24” x 24” (60.96 × 60.96cm)
“…commanding attention, ‘no’ was nowhere near an option…”
timmcfarlane.com/work/spotlig...
“…commanding attention, ‘no’ was nowhere near an option…”
timmcfarlane.com/work/spotlig...
March 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Some Kinda Something Else • 2022 • acrylic, acrylic marker, spray paint on panel • 24” x 24” (60.96 × 60.96cm)
“…commanding attention, ‘no’ was nowhere near an option…”
timmcfarlane.com/work/spotlig...
“…commanding attention, ‘no’ was nowhere near an option…”
timmcfarlane.com/work/spotlig...
Big shadow energy this morning in downtown Philly…
March 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Big shadow energy this morning in downtown Philly…
Work table from last week. Just thinking out loud about new possibilities in the work, research. I feel like these may become collage materials, that’s what’s been coming up for me internally since I made them.
March 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Work table from last week. Just thinking out loud about new possibilities in the work, research. I feel like these may become collage materials, that’s what’s been coming up for me internally since I made them.
[rewind] We Dance To Pray, 2013, acrylic on drywall, 9 x 13 feet
Part of my 2013 exhibition, Presence, at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery (Philadelphia, PA). I wanted to do something different with this wall space instead of putting another painting on it. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/timmcfar...
Part of my 2013 exhibition, Presence, at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery (Philadelphia, PA). I wanted to do something different with this wall space instead of putting another painting on it. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/timmcfar...
February 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
[rewind] We Dance To Pray, 2013, acrylic on drywall, 9 x 13 feet
Part of my 2013 exhibition, Presence, at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery (Philadelphia, PA). I wanted to do something different with this wall space instead of putting another painting on it. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/timmcfar...
Part of my 2013 exhibition, Presence, at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery (Philadelphia, PA). I wanted to do something different with this wall space instead of putting another painting on it. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/timmcfar...
Soft Poem 11, 2023, acrylic, acrylic marker, acrylic medium, pigment on panel, 12" x 9" (30.48 x 22.86cm)
February 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Soft Poem 11, 2023, acrylic, acrylic marker, acrylic medium, pigment on panel, 12" x 9" (30.48 x 22.86cm)
The firehose of bad news keeps spewing but here’s my neighbor’s Christmas, then Valentines, now Easter tree…
February 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The firehose of bad news keeps spewing but here’s my neighbor’s Christmas, then Valentines, now Easter tree…
Seen in the wild. No notes.
February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Seen in the wild. No notes.
Midnight as a little heart-shaped void as your timeline cleanser🖤🐈⬛
February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Midnight as a little heart-shaped void as your timeline cleanser🖤🐈⬛
2.12.25 :: bus stop
February 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
2.12.25 :: bus stop
Final stage of a 2023 commissioned painting that resides in a private collection in Chicago. I was on a really tight deadline with this one and never got to title it before it was picked up for delivery | acrylic on canvas, 60” x 120” (diptych)
February 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Final stage of a 2023 commissioned painting that resides in a private collection in Chicago. I was on a really tight deadline with this one and never got to title it before it was picked up for delivery | acrylic on canvas, 60” x 120” (diptych)
Two Seconds (2024), acrylic, acrylic marker, acrylic paint skins, collage on paper, 15” x 11.5“ (38.1 x 29.21cm)
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#twoseconds #collage #timmcfarlane #timmcfarlanestudio
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#twoseconds #collage #timmcfarlane #timmcfarlanestudio
February 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Two Seconds (2024), acrylic, acrylic marker, acrylic paint skins, collage on paper, 15” x 11.5“ (38.1 x 29.21cm)
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#twoseconds #collage #timmcfarlane #timmcfarlanestudio
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#twoseconds #collage #timmcfarlane #timmcfarlanestudio
New work :: a new, currently untitled painting, acrylic on canvas, 54” x 36” (137.16 x 91.44cm)
This was going to be a flatter, more overall monochromatic painting, with the form more of a part of the background. At some point, things shifted, prompting me to make some space between form and ground.
This was going to be a flatter, more overall monochromatic painting, with the form more of a part of the background. At some point, things shifted, prompting me to make some space between form and ground.
February 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New work :: a new, currently untitled painting, acrylic on canvas, 54” x 36” (137.16 x 91.44cm)
This was going to be a flatter, more overall monochromatic painting, with the form more of a part of the background. At some point, things shifted, prompting me to make some space between form and ground.
This was going to be a flatter, more overall monochromatic painting, with the form more of a part of the background. At some point, things shifted, prompting me to make some space between form and ground.
One Way Out, 2022, acrylic, spray paint, colored pencil on canvas, 48” x 48” (121.92 x 121.92cm)
January 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One Way Out, 2022, acrylic, spray paint, colored pencil on canvas, 48” x 48” (121.92 x 121.92cm)
Dried acrylic paint forms that I've had around for years, going back to 2005 or even sooner. Most of it is paint that dried out in containers and some from palette surfaces. I've pulled them out again and this time, I think I've found a way forward with it.
January 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Dried acrylic paint forms that I've had around for years, going back to 2005 or even sooner. Most of it is paint that dried out in containers and some from palette surfaces. I've pulled them out again and this time, I think I've found a way forward with it.
Everyday Is Everyday Is Everyday, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 60” x 72”
At one point, this was going to be vertical, and then I changed my mind. 99% of the time, the work requires that we rethink what we do so the work can thrive.
#painting
At one point, this was going to be vertical, and then I changed my mind. 99% of the time, the work requires that we rethink what we do so the work can thrive.
#painting
January 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Everyday Is Everyday Is Everyday, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 60” x 72”
At one point, this was going to be vertical, and then I changed my mind. 99% of the time, the work requires that we rethink what we do so the work can thrive.
#painting
At one point, this was going to be vertical, and then I changed my mind. 99% of the time, the work requires that we rethink what we do so the work can thrive.
#painting
Mid-afternoon studio selfie. Taking advantage of the great light today. The sun is slowly moving higher in the sky day by day, spring is coming. Today’s high is in the low 40s, practically summer compared to last week’s single digit-high teens cold.
January 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Mid-afternoon studio selfie. Taking advantage of the great light today. The sun is slowly moving higher in the sky day by day, spring is coming. Today’s high is in the low 40s, practically summer compared to last week’s single digit-high teens cold.
Photography helps in documenting my observations of human interventions in the built environment. I’m attracted to the residue of these interactions and how they shape my experiences moving through spaces. Some of this plays into my painting practice.
Four from my “Daily Observations” series.
Four from my “Daily Observations” series.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Photography helps in documenting my observations of human interventions in the built environment. I’m attracted to the residue of these interactions and how they shape my experiences moving through spaces. Some of this plays into my painting practice.
Four from my “Daily Observations” series.
Four from my “Daily Observations” series.
111622.2, 2022, acrylic on paper, 19 x 25 inches
January 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
111622.2, 2022, acrylic on paper, 19 x 25 inches
Bowling stylin’ tonight🎳
January 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Bowling stylin’ tonight🎳
Yeah, welp, I don’t think I’ll be there, but y’all have fun, alright?
#theresacatonmylap
#theresacatonmylap
January 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Yeah, welp, I don’t think I’ll be there, but y’all have fun, alright?
#theresacatonmylap
#theresacatonmylap
Usually, by the time I stop with a painting I’m pretty set on an orientation of the image. This new painting was having none of that. Its future owner will have a choice of installing it vertically or horizontally.
Relations 2, 2025, acrylic on panel, 9” x 12”
Relations 2, 2025, acrylic on panel, 9” x 12”
January 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Usually, by the time I stop with a painting I’m pretty set on an orientation of the image. This new painting was having none of that. Its future owner will have a choice of installing it vertically or horizontally.
Relations 2, 2025, acrylic on panel, 9” x 12”
Relations 2, 2025, acrylic on panel, 9” x 12”
Black Drawing 3, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 63” x 82”
Installation view: “Black Drawings & Other Things You Didn’t Know About” at Mercer County Community College, Oct. 14-Dec. 18, 2024
Installation view: “Black Drawings & Other Things You Didn’t Know About” at Mercer County Community College, Oct. 14-Dec. 18, 2024
January 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Black Drawing 3, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 63” x 82”
Installation view: “Black Drawings & Other Things You Didn’t Know About” at Mercer County Community College, Oct. 14-Dec. 18, 2024
Installation view: “Black Drawings & Other Things You Didn’t Know About” at Mercer County Community College, Oct. 14-Dec. 18, 2024