Your Silent Face coming soon /  by Tim Lane

Coming soon, digital downloads for my self-published debut novel, Your Silent Face.

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.

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Had There Been Else: a New Painting /  by Tim Lane

It is difficult to try to present an idea or vision without creating a bias. We hold to the idea that alien life forms, or the creation of alien life forms, will arrive in some type of ship. Maybe it is more likely that quantum mechanics will play a part--that they or it will step through a portal or rupture in space. Because there is no experience to rely upon (other than science fiction), I cannot "know" how to describe this event (first contact) without creating a bias. I am likewise aware that in an unknown equation such as this there is generally a coefficient of anxiety or terror: we tend to fear what we do not understand. I think an element of this works its way into The Sublime series, despite my strong desire to present the possibility without informing it. These thoughts are totally different than my concerns with politics (or actually a direct result of my understanding of politics). I realize that my politics reveal my biases, and I accept this. I do not have a problem with it. And I accept that some of these biases will most likely have to change for the betterment of other individuals within society. I am the sum of many ideas--some of them good, some of them flawed. It is all right. Let there be a conversation.

New painting.

Had There Been Else, 2020acrylic, enamel, oil paintstick & crayon on packing paper10”x10”

Had There Been Else, 2020

acrylic, enamel, oil paintstick & crayon on packing paper

10”x10”

Vibe /  by Tim Lane

This painting is a synthesis of the vibe in the US after September 11, 2001. It is one of my earliest paintings. All of my paintings from 2001-2002 were focused on this vibe. Many Americans felt anxious, and the feeling was palpable. On this July 4th weekend, it would be great if every person not of color could acknowledge that brown people feel this type of anxiety all the time.

Ping, 2002spray paint & marker on half of ping pong table6’x6’

Ping, 2002

spray paint & marker on half of ping pong table

6’x6’

Art Communicates Message & Inspires Hope /  by Tim Lane

Today has been a great morning for me. The Torrez-Miner family gifted Sheila and I three powerful prints for our personal art collection. These prints arrived by mail. I was flooded by the love and generosity of the gesture, the gifts, the communication, the connection. We are all connected. The prints are three of Dylan’s most recent works. I love the intimacy of works on paper. We welcome these gifts. Much love to you, Estrella Torrez and Dylan Miner and fam.

Today, I am fine. The struggle is real. It can affect my family members. Therefore, it can affect me. If it can affect me, then it can affect you. We are all connected. Whites need to support and lift up the struggles of BIPOC. Black Lives Matter!

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Mass Gap /  by Tim Lane

How can we explain that scientists and astronomers have not been able (until maybe very recently) to detect any objects in our known universe that are greater than 2.5 times and less than 5.0 times the mass of our sun? This is known as the mass gap. Certainly there must be entities in space with masses within this gap.

I have enjoyed working small lately. Here is a new painting for The Sublime series.

Beyond Yet, 2020house paint, oil paintstick & crayon on packing paper10”x10”

Beyond Yet, 2020

house paint, oil paintstick & crayon on packing paper

10”x10”

When in the Studio /  by Tim Lane

I’ve been feeling a real urge to work with basic abstracted shapes in tandem with my current iconography versus my usual approach of layering visual elements. I decided that starting small was a good idea. I have never really tried to make a “landscape” per se. I’m very satisfied with this piece which will take its place in The Sublime gallery, as well as the shop.

There, 2020house paint, oil paintstick & crayon on packing paper10”x10”

There, 2020

house paint, oil paintstick & crayon on packing paper

10”x10”