Alex McFarlane

Alex McFarlane is a graduate of the School of the Arts, Columbia University. Throughout a thirty-year career, he has exhibited extensively in the New York art world and has been the subject of articles and reviews in Arts Magazine, Art Forum and the New York Times. He is the recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation award and the New York Foundation for the Arts award. He is a fellow of the Augustus St. Gaudins Foundation. Alex is represented in many corporate collections including General Electric, Prudential and Morgan Chase. He is represented in many 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. “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.”

Current & Upcoming Classes

Class Dates Day(s)
Basic Techniques of Watercolors 01/05/2026 - 03/09/2026 Mo View/Register
Introduction to the Art of Drawing 01/05/2026 - 03/09/2026 Mo View/Register
Big Picture: Choose Your Theme Figure, Landscape, or Still Life 01/07/2026 - 03/11/2026 We View/Register
Painting 101: Foundation Painting 01/07/2026 - 03/11/2026 We View/Register
Beyond a Pretty Picture 01/08/2026 - 03/12/2026 Th View/Register
Drawing & Painting in Combination 01/10/2026 - 03/14/2026 Sa View/Register