Archive
“The crudity and whimsey of McFarlin’s figures are disarming covers for a sophistication that shows itself especially in a keen eye for stance, gesture, and posture; McFarlin does wonders with a lean into a microphone, a hand on a guitar fret, an upraised arm, the lift of a leg, giving his people both movement and individuality. And there is a gentleness to McFarlin’s figures that transcends satire of caricature; they become almost definitive portraits of types.”
Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 9, 1968
VW Bug, 1966, cast aluminum polychromed, 9.5 x 12 x 8 in.
Hippie in Plaid, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 25 x 12 x 11 in.
Mirror Portrait, 1968, wood, acrylic, 37 x 21 x 9 in.
World, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 20 x 20 x 16 in.
Exhibition, 1968, Light Sound Dimension Gallery, San Francisco
Poster for 1968 Exhibition, 1968, serigraph, 18 x 18 in.
Bass Player, 1968, wood, acrylic, 11 x 6 x 5 in. Private Collection
Janis, 1968, wood, acrylic, 11 x 5 x 6 in.
Janis, 1967, graphite, marker, on paper, 18 x 12 in.
Janis & Band, 1967, graphite, marker, on paper, 18 x 12 in.
Janis & Cosmos, 1967, graphite, marker, Prismacolor, on paper, 18 x 12 in.
Dancer in Blue Dress, 1966, cast aluminum polychromed, 8 x 5 x 4 in.
Adman in Stride, 1966, cast aluminum polychromed, 21 x 16 x 8.5 in., earlier state
Adman in Stride, 1966, cast aluminum polychromed, 21 x 16 x 8.5 in.
North Beach, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 17 x 12 x 11 in.
North Beach, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 17 x 12 x 11 in.
Roller Derby, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 5 x 22.5 x 14.5 in.
Roller Derby, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 5 x 22.5 x 14.5 in.
Exhibition Drawing, 1968, graphite on paper, 12 x 8 in.
Curlers, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 9 x 6 x 4.5 in.
Self Portrait, 1965, Prismacolor, markers on day-glo cardboard, 14 x 11 in.
Self Portrait #2, 1965, Prismacolor, markers on paper, 14 x 11 in.
Ties, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 9 x 8 x 6 in.
Ties, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 9 x 8 x 6 in.
Ties Revisited, 2009, bronze, 8 x 12 x 9 in.
Gulley Jimson, 1987, bronze and wood, 14 x 7 x 5in.
Picture It Painted, 1983, bronze, 9 x 11 x 7 in.
Picture It Painted, 1983, bronze, 9 x 11 x 7 in.
Drink and Dream, 1968, graphite, markers on paper, 18 x 12 in.
Midnight Raid, 1968, graphite on paper, 12 x 9 in.
Ginsberg and Chogyam Trungpa, 1970, ink and marker on paper, 12 x 9 in.
Meditating, 1967, graphite, markers, Prismacolor, on paper, 14 x 11 in.
One Leg Up, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 24.5 x 5 x 6 in.
GTO, 1967, cast aluminum polychromed, 5 x 26 x 6.5 in.
Quartet of Fools, 1983, bronze, 12 x 11.5 x 7.5 in.
Voyage, 1983, bronze, 10.5 x 10 x 10 in.
Voyage, 2019, wood, 30 x 29 x 25 in.
Thrift Store Collection, 1983-2015, 19 bronzes on panel, 31 x 48 x 4.75 in.
Thrift Store Collection, 1983-2015, detail