Tim Lane's Blog, page 9

In Which the Artist Celebrates a Birthday

Today is my birthday. I am very happy with this birthday piece, Making a Pass. There is a lot to explore here at yoursilentface. Just like space.

Making a Pass, 2023, 18”x12” on paper

In Which Oumuaua Passes Through the Artist's Imagination One More Time

Introducing a new painting, The Imaginary Becomes the Innovation, oil pastels and oil paintsticks on paper, 18”x11.75”. This is another painting inspired by the intersteller object that passed through our solar system: Oumuamua. Scientist have yet to determine what it was, as far as we know.

Shot indoor with iPhone 14 in portrait natural light mode.

Shot indoor with iPhone 14 in auto photo mode.

Shot outdoor with iPhone 14 in auto photo mode.

Shot outdoor with iPhone 14 in portrait natural light mode.

The Imaginary Becomes the Innovation, 2023, 18"x11.75" $85.00 Original Art for Sale

Reviews of Your Silent Face by Tim Lane

Haven’t read my 80s coming-of-age novel, Your Silent Face? Here’s a review from Kirkus Reviews which captures the flavor. There are a handful of helpful reviews on Amazon, as well.

Check out the Spotify playlist companion to Your Silent Face, too!

#Flint #80smusic #newwave #joydivision #rustbelt #urban #midwest #nativeamericanliterature #novel #literaryfiction

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Rose Nebula: Digital Art

Still learning drawing in Procreate with the Apple pencil. The iPad Pro is great for taking to bed. You haven’t had a chance to be creative all day, but you can curl up with the iPad and work on technique before turning out the light.

From Dall-e 2 to Procreate

Exploring the digital art process with an iPad Pro and Procreate. Learning how to draw on a tablet. It’s the same and different as drawing on a paper.

So I made an image similar to the image below with Dall-e 2, and then I used that AI generated image as my reference material. I drew certain elments, namely the figure and cat, on the iPad, and then I played around with different strokes and techniques to achieve the rest.

digital art

Your Silent Face: A New Review

It's been just over two years since I released Your Silent Face in paperback. Check out this new review written by an incredibly memorable friend from high school. Share it with one of your friends! Thanks.

Your Silent Face By Lane, Tim Buy on Amazon

“5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous and poignant coming-of-age novel

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023

Tim Lane’s “Your Silent Face” is a highly readable coming-of-age novel set in his famously beleaguered hometown of Flint, Michigan in the mid-1980s. The reader is immediately immersed in the stream-of-consciousness perspective of Tim’s protagonist, Stuart Page, whose main preoccupations during his summer break from university – the music of Joy Division, finding and consuming alcohol, hanging with friends, and figuring out women — are interrupted by the daily exigencies of being the first in his close-knit family to attend university, his father’s endangered union job, and the gaping hole left by his beloved grandfather’s sudden death.

Lane’s conversational prose, by turns hilarious and poignant, carries the reader through Stuart’s work days, bar nights, and prodigious hangovers. Although the story could have been set anywhere, Flint’s infamy as the epicenter of Reagan-era, rustbelt economic malaise gives it extra salience and resonance. While Lane’s Stuart is a semi-autobiographical protagonist, there’s no mistaking the oppressive reality of his hometown’s epic deindustrialization.”

— Sarah Riegle Lemelin

Early Work: Poetic Collages

These two works were made in 2002 with found papers. While purging the studio this morning, I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away. I was making collages in the late 90s and early 00s. I haven’t made a collage in roughly twenty years. One could debate whether these are actually collages. Maybe montage or conceptual art are better terms for the purposes of discussion. We have to be able to talk about things. I realize that it’s a slippery slope.

Run a Red Light: A New Playlist

It’s been a minute, but here’s a new playlist. I hope you enjoy it.

Study for an Early Travis Black Painting

This is a study for one of my favorite early, early Travis Black Paintings. I’ve been practicing drawing on the iPad.

Study for an early Travis Black painting, Digital, Procreate pencil.

Early painting by Travis Black, circa 2005.

One-of-a-Kind Print: Spooky Action at a Distance

Offering this framed one-of-a-kind print. Print made by artist Petrus Martens. You can see my original piece below. This print deal includes light-weight frame and postage.

Spooky Action at a Distance, one-of-a-kind print, 10"x8" $45.00 Spooky Action at a Distance, 2020, 20"x16"x1.5" $275.00