I have a new interview on the Philly Has HeArt podcast that's now live: open.spotify.com/episode/0hyu...

Smart phones make it so easy to be recklessly creative when you can’t fall asleep at night or are up too early in the morning…

[[<<<*>>>]] • (Digital drawing collage & gif)

Summer will be here before you know it… [🎥 :: Tim McFarlane]

Yes, one of the best ways to combat creative blocks is to make more work.

Ornament

Different year, different tactics, same power grabs by the right. Ministry’s “NWO” (New World Order) from ‘92 remains relevant…

The Binding Problem E1_oil on canvas, 56 x 50 inches, 2025 #stevenbaris #contemporaryabstract #contemporaryabstractpainting #abstractpainting #attention #diagram #geometricabstraction #geometricabstract #thebindingproblem #kunst #kunstwerk #consciousness #pentimentigallery #kathrynmarkelfinearts

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...

You can find these at artologica.etsy.com Original paintings, one of each! 🧪🐡🎨

Big shadow energy this morning in downtown Philly…

Artists don’t always know how deeply their work has affected collectors. But when they do share those sentiments, even years later, it can be just the reassurance you need to keep going. That and more is in my latest email, sent out yesterday to subscribers🎨🎨🎨

Made this on the train to nyc. trump and anyone enabling him is a traitor to democracy and this country. (FYI I’m working on more stuff in between the work I do to pay the bills.)

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.

bsky.app/profile/bode... Bodega cats for the perfect feed cleanse…

Improvisation #5 from Partial Right Triangle (Aqua Blue) gouache on paper 6 x 6 x 0.75 inches 2025 #alexpaik

[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...

The right has united around a rejection of government as the solution to social problems. Which means they can generally agree to block new policies and programs. The left is united in its desire for government solutions. But that means they have to face the harder task of agreeing on what to do. 1/

Right. As far as I can tell no one in the Trump administration so much as lifted a finger about these exhibits. Instead the OAS preemptively canceled the shows for fear that the US might penalize the OAS for showing art by Black or queer artists. That's censorship as soft power

New low achieved…

I’m not saying I know anything about what’s happening, but it’s *reaaaaallly* interesting that the lone house in the neighborhood that proudly flew a big ass *rump flag throughout the 2016 elections until last week or so, has taken it down…

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…

Seen in the wild. No notes.

Midnight as a little heart-shaped void as your timeline cleanser🖤🐈‍⬛

It’s Black History Month and you should know about TV On The Radio…

The Eagles victory brought all of Philadelphia to Broad Street for a day. But arts and culture does that every day. We’ve got just six more days to save the oldest building on Broad for the arts. My column on the future of UArts flagship building: www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

2.12.25 :: bus stop

I’m not a full-on team sports fan, but the Eagles winning and celebrating with friends was one way to push aside the ugliness…for a moment. Contradictions abound in our mad world of rich king-wannabes, how to stop them and figuring out how to keep ourselves sane while doing so…

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) • #twoseconds #collage #timmcfarlane #timmcfarlanestudio

Headphones Closer, 2025, acrylic, shirt cuff, disused cardboard packaging on paper, 16 x 12 inches

E-A-G-L-E-S!!🦅🦅🦅🦅

#newart #inprogress

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.

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.

To accompany @markthomasgibson.bsky.social's piece below, here's a list of new executive orders signed in the last week: www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...

New studio blog post landing at 6:30pm this evening and in this one, I'm talking about that one time I invited a couple of music producer friends to make some sounds from scratch in my studio while I worked on my own things. Subscribe to get it in your inbox, always free to subscribe and read...

I learned during the pandemic that capitalism does not give a shit about your reasonable concerns to political chaos, hate crimes, and many people dying. The bills still arrive, rent still needs to be paid, work still needs to be done. Be kind to yourself. One thing at a time.

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

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.

The Condo project seems like an interesting way for galleries (and their artists) to survive by sharing space and resources...

Current studio listening: A healthy, 3 hour special dose of drum 'n bass from the legendary @docscott31.bsky.social #drumnbass #brokenbeat #docscott

My hope is that more painters, photographers, designers, etc… start putting links to their websites in their profiles. Make it easier for people to find you outside of social media.

Many thanks to @sherricola.bsky.social + @richardkooyman.bsky.social for including my account in their art starter packs🙏🏾