The burning car series continues. Please take a moment to browse the galleries and the shop and all of the other goodness.
New Painting Alert: Long Night (Car on Fire), 2026 /
The Death of Science Fiction /
Finished this painting in 2024, but it always bothered me. I wasn’t exactly happy with it, but I wasn’t sure why. Sometimes that happens and I convince myself it’s my perfectionism eating my brain. And then I let it go because I’m not down with the whole perfectionism baggage anymore. It’s a bad set up. But sometimes it really is the painting. I’m glad I went back in. It’s always a risky endeavor, though. Sometimes when you go back in, you lose what was working well. This time, I finally pinpointed what was annoying me. I think the operation was a success.
The Death of Science Fiction, 2024, 36"x36"
$350.00
acrylic, spray paint, oil paintstick, pastel, crayon & ink on canvas, 36”x36”, price includes shipping
New Painting Alert: Car, 2026 /
Lately, the work has been very personal. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you can spend some time at yoursilentspace.com
New Painting Alert: Auto, 2026 /
We Are Water: the Tollgate Pathway Poetry Contest /
The winners of the Lansing Tollgate pathway poetry contest, We Are Water, have been announced, the celebration reading has been set, and Lawrence Cosentino’s fabulous article came out in the latest City Pulse today. You can check it out here!
Look for me! My poem, “I’ve Begun to Run Out of Ideas, Good or Bad” was one of the winners.
New Painting Alert: Perceived Isolation /
Have you ever felt empty and alone in a crowded room?
I don’t have the proper equipment to reduce the glare for the photos as much as I would like to, but I do the best I can. Thanks for stopping by yoursilentface.com. Please check out the galleries, the reviews of my two novels, and the shop.
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New Painting Alert: Fever Dream (Black Hole) /
I wanted to use my pigment sticks.
Fever Dream (Black Hole), 2026, 16"x20"
$110.00
oil paintstick, pigment stick, pencil & acrylic on canvas, 16”x20”
This painting is 16”x20 on canvas.
New Painting Alert: Burning Car /
This image really resonates with me right now. I can see it becoming a series. I debated pushing this piece further, making it darker. Ultimately, I decided to let this version rest. It was saying what I wanted to say.
Phil's Siren Song (price includes shipping)
Sale Price:
$15.00
Original Price:
$18.00
My second novel, the follow up to your Silent Face. Price includes shipping.
Your Silent Face (price includes shipping)
Sale Price:
$12.00
Original Price:
$18.00
“A meandering but vigorous story about wayward youth and the necessity of art.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS
“The reader will likely be reminded of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel High Fidelity or possibly Richard Linklater’s 1993 film Dazed and Confused; Lane’s tale is similarly episodic and digressive and more dedicated to re-creating the feeling of a time and place than telling a cohesive story. Even so, the sharp prose and inviting energy help it to succeed where similar novels fail. Readers will enjoy following Stuart’s thought processes, wherever they lead.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS
What lies ahead that doesn’t suck? Summer break forces Stuart Page to return home and wrestle with his fraying ties to the East Side of Flint, his memory an archive of cassettes he would like to erase. His freshman year of college was lame. More early Cure than Spandau Ballet, he might be overheard saying. More Gary Numan than Falco.
Flustered by visits from a stoic viking, fueled by an endless supply of beer, Stu picks apart an obsession with the lead singer of Joy Division and chugs the sour dregs of insecurity as he drunkenly veers through Flint’s blue collar fight culture, summer hook ups, the aftereffects of Old School Catholicism and Reaganomics in Your Silent Face.
Key words; fiction, coming of age, 80s music, New Wave, Gen X, Rust Belt, Native American, graffiti, urban poetry