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For 30 years, Barbara Davis Gallery has brought groundbreaking contemporary art to Houston. Mile Marker is a celebration of Barbara’s unique vision and three decades of contemporary art. Mile Marker is on view Thursday, January 12, 2012, through March 2, 2012, with an artist’s reception from 6:30 – 8:30pm.

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Pick up the latest copy of Houston Arts and Culture Magazine! Daniel is a feature story and his painting graces the cover.

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Happy holidays! The time has finally arrived for Daniel's first Houston solo show. It will be on display December 9 through January 6 at Barbara Davis Gallery. The opening is Friday, December 9 from 6:30-8:30pm.

"McFarlane's exhibition of new paintings continues the dialog of abstraction through a tenuous balance of improvisation and control. The briliantly toned paintings describe moments of encounter between amorphous forms and rigid structures. The forms, which seemingly drip and ooze of their own accord, are actually carefully cultivated and painstakingly transplanted while the dimensional structures with which they interact are created in a trompe l'oeil fashion. McFarlane's exploration of color, shape, texture, and superimposition yield paintings of highly charged, dynamic tension."

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Daniel's work was selected for New American Paintings. He is in the current issue - West edition, No. 96.

To order a discounted copy for only $15, use this link!

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Daniel will exhibit work at the first annual Houston Fine Art Fair!

Show Times
Thursday, September 15, 6-9pm (Opening Preview Party)
Friday, September 16, 11am-7pm
Saturday, September 17, 11am-7pm
Sunday, September 18, 11am-6pm

Show Location
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida De Las Americas
Houston, TX 77010

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Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Dream Skipper, a group exhibition of ten dynamic national and international artists that opens July 8, 2011, 6:30pm – 8:30 pm for ArtHouston 2011. Taking its title from a yet to to be published work by McKenna Rummans, Dream Skipper alludes to sense of youthful wonderment.

On view through September 2, 2011.

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During the opening of Measured at Lawndale Art Center, Daniel was interviewed by Houston NPR's Bob Stevenson. The podcast can be heard on Daniel's website under the Artist Section or on the front row website.

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In its fifth year, Lawndale Artist Studio Program presents an exhibition of work by current residents, Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Daniel McFarlane, and Anthony Thompson Shumate.

Daniel McFarlane will exhibit a collection of abstract paintings completed during residency at Lawndale. McFarlane's work explores color space and highlights the relationship between improvisation and control. His paint forms create dynamic tension and balance, as he develops a physical 3D plane of illusion within the 2D picture field.

April 22 – June 4, 2011
Opening Reception Friday, April 22, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 PM
Artist talks at 6 PM
Lawndale Art Center

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Disturbance of Distance 2 is the second in a continuing series of juried exhibitions connecting Houston to the surrounding arts communities. This round, Disturbance of Distance brings together artists from the Houston and Dallas areas, curated by Charles Dee Mitchell.

Opening Reception January 15, 7:00-9:30pm
Exhibition on view January 15- February 17, 2011
Box13 website

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Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to announce the group exhibition Plenitude, featuring the works of emerging and established national and international artists. The exhibition will include painting, sculpture, and works on paper from: Joe Davidson, Gustavo Godoy, Annie Lapin, Donald Lipski, Robert Longo, Daniel McFarlane, Julie Mehretu, Julie Ann Nagle, Mie Olise, Gavin Perry, Danny Rolph, Yehudit Sasportas, Todd Williamson, and Jason Yates.

Plenitude will be on view Friday, January 7, 2011 through Saturday, March 5, 2011 with an artist reception on Friday, January 7, 2011, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm.

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Daniel was interviewed by Evan Garza for the New American Paintings blog! To read the post CLICK HERE.

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Daniel will be showing work at a group exhibition with Volume Black gallery in New York City. The show is titled The Triumph of Now and the opening is scheduled for October 22, 2010 from 6-9pm.

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Beginning September 1, 2010, Daniel will be in residency at the Lawndale Artist Studio Program. In its fifth year, with an emphasis on emerging practices, the program provides three artists with studio space for nine months on the third floor of Lawndale Art Center in the heart of the Museum District in Houston, TX.

Artists were selected for the program by a panel of three arts professionals; Robyn O'Neil, Artist; Andrea Pollan, Director, Curator's Office, Washington, D.C.; and Robert Ruello, Artist and Lawndale Programming Committee Chair. Daniel will join other selected artists Anthony Thompson Shumate and the collaborative team of Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen.

For more info, please visit Lawndale Art Center.

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The Summer 2010 edition of Sixth Finch--an online journal of poetry and art--is now available to view. Daniel's painting, Box in White, was included in the edition. Click here.

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Daniel was selected for the 2010 Baum MFA Biennial Competitive to be exhibited this fall at the University of Central Arkansas. The juror was Toby Kamps of the Contemporary Art Museum Houston. The event will include an artist lecture and juror's critical essay.

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Daniel's work is featured in the first annual MFA edition of New American Paintings artist book (no.87). The juried-exhibition-in-print is currently on newsstands.

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Daniel will be included in Volume 10 of Studio Visit. Please visit their website to purchase a copy of the book or for more information.

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Daniel is published in Volume 16 of Direct Art Magazine. It can be purchased at Borders and Barnes and Noble Bookstores.

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Daniel's work is featured in this show and can be viewed here: Upstream People Gallery