RiTUAL. A ceremonial act ~ Rites used in the course of worship ~ The performance of ceremonial acts ~ The prescribed form of conducting the ceremony ~ A method of procedure that is followed without variation ~ performance with gestures, words, and objects, often in a sequestered place.
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Tim McFarlane
Artist Biography
Tim McFarlane is a painter based in Philadelphia, PA. McFarlane’s paintings and works on paper examine the fluid and contradictory nature of memory and place, with an emphasis on color, multi-layered systems and process. A 1994 Temple University/Tyler School of Art graduate, McFarlane exhibited in various group exhibitions around the Philadelphia region before gaining representation with the Bridgette Mayer Gallery in 2002, where he has had several solo exhibitions.
Tim McFarlane has exhibited his work extensively in the U.S. in group exhibitions and featured in art fairs in New York, Miami, Dallas and San Francisco. He has been a visiting artist at several universities, participated in artist panels at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia), The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Tyler School of Art. Tim McFarlane’s paintings and works on paper reside in numerous private and public collections, including those of West Virginia University, Bucknell University, Temple University and the Hyatt Hotel in Philadelphia.
Garden of Possibilities, 2019, acrylic on book page
