Tim Lane's Blog, page 2

In a Modern World: Jadu Heart & Fontaines D.C. in Detroit

Caught Fontaines D.C. wsg Jadu Heart at the Fillmore in Detroit! What a great show. In attendance: my lovely friends, Jeff and Bill, Mary and Dan. The evening started out at Ottava Via in Corktown. So much fun. Memories were made.

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From a Trio of Feet

I’ve been thinking about this painting from 2006 a lot lately. I guess it’s the painting I hold all of my others up to. I’m a self-taught artist. I made this when I was learning a lot but didn’t know too much; when I was primarily focused on doing what I could do well. This is the painting that has continued to satisfy me over the years: the one that combined idea, image and other 2D aspects of painting in a way that has kept me thinking about it.

Patriotic Painting, 2006, mixed media on canvas, 40”x30”

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Certain Fools & *The Wetland Poems

Certain Fools & *The Wetland Poems is a collection of poems written in the 2010s. The collection weaves together a short series of meditations inspired by a wetland close to my home where I used to walk, and other poems which focus on my usual preoccupations of aging, identity, love, reality, art and more.

Available as a PDF.

Certain Fools & *The Wetland Poems $8.99

Pics from Build Your Own Collection 2025 at Buckham Gallery

BYOC 2025 was a great event. I really enjoy bartending these events. Saw a lot of red dots on the walls before the night was over! Congrats to Michelle and the Collective and everyone else connected to Buckham Gallery in Downtown Flint, Michigan.

Also, very nice pick of my beloved. And I love the pick of me and Nic as we rep both of the awesome Buckham Gallery t-shirts!

The Two Paintings from Diners, Dives and Drive-Ins

These are the two paintings that were in the Diner, Dives and Drive-Ins exhibition at Buckham Gallery in 2024.

Twin Feature (Intermission), 2024, 36"x36" $700.00 Twin Feature (The End), 2024, 36"x36" $700.00

Paintings to Be Included in Buckham Gallery's Annual Fundraiser: Build Your Own Collection

Buckham Gallery’s annual fundraiser, Build Your Own Collection, is right around the corner. Only eight days away! There will be a lot of great affordable original artwork. Head to Buckham Gallery’s website, here, and get your tickets today. Join us on Friday, March 28th, and start building, or add to, your personal art collection. It’s a great way to support an amazing gallery that has been programming cutting edge, contemporary artwork in Downtown Flint for over forty years. I’ll be featuring the paintings posted below.

What If Our Minds the Worm

Mother & Son, 2024

No Escape (Intrusive Thoughts), 2024

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Two Clips from My Two Novels

Your Silent Face and Phil’s Siren Song are different books couched in the same setting with overlapping characters, however the narrators are focused on different issues. In the first clip, narrator of YSF, Stuart Page, relates a violent incident he witnessed before school when he was young. In the second clip, taken from PSS, narrator Phil McCormick captures a slice of the East Side, where he and Stuart grew up. Their stories mesh together but their situations are born out of different circumstances.

Phil's Siren Song (price includes shipping) $18.00 Your Silent Face (price includes shipping) $18.00 Phil's Siren Song By Lane, Tim Buy on Amazon Your Silent Face By Lane, Tim Buy on Amazon

A Tiny Painting of a Black Hole

This little dude (3”x3”) has been hanging out on my table for a long time. I haven’t painted since December, but last night I sat down where I paint in the kitchen and revived this dull painting with my pastel pencils. The smallest painting of a black hole ever made? Hmmm. My phone camera really captures the grain of the canvas.

Black Hole, 3”x3”

Black Hole, 2025, 3"x3" $15.00

Found Photos of the Buckham Show: 2004

Last year at Buckham Gallery’s 40th anniversary celebration, flyers from previous exhibitions were displayed on a partition. The display included a flyer from the summer of 2004 for an exhibition titled Dancing to a Different Drummer, a four or five-person show that included my work. I remember being thrilled to show at Buckham’s old space—a place of which I had fond memories. For the life of me, though, I could not recall what paintings I had shown. My notebooks were usually good for retrieving the details of such events, but I didn’t seem to have any documentation to fall back on. I knew there had to be photos somewhere, but I couldn’t locate any of those, either. Until now. This morning, I stumbled upon a folder that contained pics from the opening. I present them below in fuzzy brilliance as I prepare to show a few paintings in Buckham’s upcoming fundraiser event in March, 2025. The kids were young scenesters, dragged to my art openings, but they usually managed to have fun. The pieces were paintings from 2003-2004. These series can be found in my galleries: scroll to the end for links.

A pic from last year’s anniversary opening.

This painting was 5’x4’ and had recently won Best of Show in the Saginaw County Art Contest.

Scenesters.

Miscellaneous Paintings

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Fortune Cookie Series

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The Muscle Men & Divers

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Seven Works: Paintings

Seven is my favorite number. Here are seven pieces from the shop at different price points.

Space Dust, 2024, 8"x8" $25.00 Invasive Species, 2024, 24"x24" $300.00 The Void Without, the Universe Within, 2024, 20"x16" $235.00 Lady in Red, 2024, 16"x20" $155.00 Delivery of the Silver Discs (Mountains on Fire), a study, 24"x18" $50.00 Intrusive Thoughts (Space Probe), 2024, 36"x36" $700.00 Stellar Nursery, 2024, 24"x30" $500.00