Studio visit with Sharon Butler

(photo: Sharon Butler)

Sharon Butler of Two Coats of Paint paid a visit to my studio last week, along with her class of 

second-year MFA students from PAFA...

Artist profile in Fresh Paint Magazine

I'm pleased to share that Fresh Paint Magazine is featuring my work in their latest issue! Check out the feature on the website, where you can also purchase a copy: Fresh Paint Magazine Studio Visit-Tim McFarlane

My thanks to Fresh Paint Magazine for featuring my work!

Fresh Paint Magazine.com

My studio as it appeared yesterday (8.05.14) before a studio visit with Bridgette Mayer to show her my new works. 

Studio visit: Tim Eads (9.01.12)

I had the pleasure of meeting up with Tim Eads recently and spent a good part of the afternoon talking shop and getting to see some of his recent work, as well as some in-progress pieces. Tim's practice includes sculpture, works on paper, printmaking, and interactive installation. This year, Tim's work was selected as part of the West Collects competition and his work will be included in upcoming shows, including "Switched On Garden" (with collaborator, Austen Brown), a one-day art and sound event taking place in historic Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia on October 14th. Tim Eads will also have work in the Centennial Juried Exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum beginning October 20th.

Great studio visit yesterday with Douglas Witmer,  Jeffrey Cortland Jones, and Jones' colleague at Dayton University, Kyle Phelps. Jeffrey and Kyle were in Philly from Ohio and this was my first time meeting JCJ, after having been 'net friends for a few years now. 


Studio visits with other artists always serve as reminders of how much time I spend with my ideas in my head and working in solitude because I talk so much when people come around...

Callum Innes: Tate Studio Visit

Painter Callum Innes talks about his process with watercolors.

Studio Visit: Steven Baris 12.30.10

I found out about Steven Baris and his work through an exhibition of his that I saw at Pentimenti Gallery about six or seven years ago, I think. His use of plexiglas and mylar as supports for his oil and acrylic paintings along with the sense of space he was able to achieve, controlled use of high-keyed colors and intricate compositions drew me to see more of his work at later shows. At some point, we met at either one of my shows or his here in Philly and have stayed in touch ever since.

Steven often has a couple of projects going on at once. One such project is "Exurban Archipelago", where Baris makes use of Google satellite images to map out and manipulate architectural forms that are similar to those used in his paintings. In addition to the roll-over images that you can explore, there is a fictitioius (and funny) interview where Baris delves into his theories about exurban spatial relationships. Steven Baris's "Exurban Archipelago" was also recently mentioned on "The Artblog".

Studio visit: Dolores Poacelli 12.21.10

Dolores Poacelli worked for many years as a graphic designer before turning her attention to being a full-time artist. She often works in series that can have up to 90-something pieces, depending on how obsessed she is with any certain idea. 

Her studio is dead in the heart of the Italian Market, where she says that she's the "last Italian left", and that's only a slight exaggeration since the demographics of the area have moved over the years from primarily Italian immigrant families to a mixture of asian, Mexican and South American immigrants. 

Dolores Poacelli will be showing work at AxD Gallery in a two-person show with Paul Davis Jones. "Resonances and Reflections" runs from May 20-June 18th, 2011. Opening reception: Friday, May 20th, 5-8pm

Studio Visit: Rebecca Saylor Sack 12.08.10

I caught up with painter Rebecca Saylor Sack at her studio in the Crane Arts Building recently. We talked about a number of things, but one thing that we had a good laugh about was that the work of painters, especially those who work with abstract imagery, progresses because we wind up making problems for ourselves. 

I know that whenever I begin to feel too comfortable with some aspect of what's going on with my work or if it begins to feel too "easy", it's very likely that I'm going to find some kind of wrench to throw into the situation-changing sizes and kinds of supports, trying different media to paint with, bringing different forms into the work, etc...   I feel like if I don't create challenges for myself, the work will stall and feel stagnant. 

Rebecca seems to keep her work fresh just from the balancing act of using abstraction that closely references landscape, but stops well short of being exactly landscape painting. However, like myself, she has deemed it necessary to mix things up a bit over the past year or so by bringing mark-making strategies, like spray paint, to the work that mixes well her very capable paint-handling skills. 

Rebecca Saylor Sack is represented by the Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York. 

Artist website: Rebecca Saylor Sack.com