Invisible Sun(s): A New Painting /  by Tim Lane

Well, this little one went through some serious spontaneous transformations. It reached a point where I thought it was done but something felt unfinished. Then I dove in rather recklessly and risked sabotaging the whole endeavor. Now, I am happy with this piece. I always have to remind myself that sometimes you just have to go for it.

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Invisible Sun(s), 2022

They Ran (So Far Away): A New Painting in The Realities Series /  by Tim Lane

They Ran (So Far Away), 2022

In Which the Artist Slips Molchat Doma Into the Conversation /  by Tim Lane

Need a sweet 80s playlist. I have some suggestions for you (like and follow one of these!). My short, 5-song Ultra 80s playlists can be found here. The companion playlist to my novel, Your Silent Face, can be found here.

Also, for you Joy Division and New Order fans, check out Molchat Doma here:

“Molchat Doma is a Belarusian dark wave/post-punk band from Minsk, formed in 2017. Their current lineup consists of Egor Shkutko, Roman Komogortsev, and Pavel Kozlov. Their style is influenced by 1980s Russian rock music and has been described as post-punk, new wave, synth-pop, and cold wave.” Wikipedia

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Molchat Doma

Situation(s) on Yupo paper /  by Tim Lane

It’s been ages since I tried to work on Yupo. The last time—roughly 2007—I got a couple of good ones, but not many. Situation(s) is a continuation of The Realities Project. The new frontier is clearly just as much deep innerspace as it is deep outerspace, in my opinion, but it has been for some time now, hunh?

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Situation(s), 2022

In Which the Artist Promotes Three Books of Flint or Set in Flint /  by Tim Lane

There are three fairly recent books out these days that are about the city of Flint, Michigan, or set in Flint, Michigan. I’m talking about my 80s-coming-of-age and ode-to-new wave music novel, Your Silent Face, which came out in paperback in 2021, Kelsey Ronan’s new release, Chevy in the Hole, and Gordon Young’s memoir, Tear-Down: Memoir of a Vanishing City. All three of us grew up in Flint. All three of us have our own complicated relationship with this Midwestern factory town that has had its American struggles. Why not bundle all three?

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In Which the Artist Invokes Early Cure /  by Tim Lane

Three Imaginary Boys, 2022. Spray paint, gouache, colored pencil on paper. 8”x8”.

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In Which the Artist Invokes Guns N' Roses /  by Tim Lane

I love working on patterned papers #inlovewithplaid. Another piece in The Realities Project series.

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Weird Science /  by Tim Lane

Weird Science borrows its name from a song of the same name by Oingo Boingo. This small painting is a continuation of the series, The Reality Project. As I think about and work through this series, with its variations, I am reading The Hidden Reality, by Brian Greene. The thoughts, the painting, the reading are all running parallel to each other. Separate, they never touch, and yet, something happens.

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Weird Science, 2022