Alex McFarlane

“Many of the ideas I use are based on literary themes such as My Life in Fourteen Pictures or the dark imagery of a dystopian world; nevertheless, I have always crafted my message through purely visual means – drawing, painting and sculpture.”

Education

Graduate of the School of the Arts, Columbia University

Maryland Institute, College of Art

He is a fellow of the Augustus St. Gaudins Foundation

Artist-in-residence

Middlebury College, VT; St John’s U., Queens, NY.

Exhibitions

NJ State Council on Arts; NY Foundation for Arts; Augustus Saint-Gaudins Memorial Fellowship; Tiffany Foundation; Board of Trustees, Art of Northeast; Visiting Artist Weir Farm Trust.

Awards

Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation award and the New York Foundation for the Arts award

Collections

Private collections and in many public collections including the William Benton State Museum of Connecticut, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Aldrich Museum and the City of New York.

Publications

Articles and reviews in Arts Magazine, Art Forum, the New York Times

 

Current & Upcoming Classes

Class Dates Day(s)
Basic Techniques of Watercolors 01/06/2025 - 03/10/2025 Mo View/Register
Introduction to the Art of Drawing 01/06/2025 - 03/10/2025 Mo View/Register
Painting 101: Foundation Painting 01/08/2025 - 03/12/2025 We View/Register
Big Picture: Choose Your Theme Figure, Landscape, or Still Life 01/08/2025 - 03/12/2025 We View/Register
Beyond a Pretty Picture 01/09/2025 - 03/13/2025 Th View/Register
Drawing & Painting in Combination 01/11/2025 - 03/15/2025 Sa View/Register