Messengers
by Peter Mcfarlane
50" x 6"

As a young computer sales consultant in the early 1990’s and watching the speed of the industry taking off but also the parallel speed of redundancy and obsolescence. I thought the obsolete circuit and mother boards were beautiful objects laden with zeitgeist memory and meaning, worthy material for art. I understood the horse was one of the first methods to transfer people and consequently information quickly from one place to another. Today’s messenger is electronic and the circuit boards in this piece is bridging history and meaning with this running horse herd.

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“To me, garbage and waste are just a lack of imagination.”

Peter Mcfarlane

Peter McFarlane is a conceptually driven sculptor and mixed media artist known for transforming discarded objects into philosophically charged artworks. Working with obsolete circuit boards, broken tools, and cast-off industrial debris, he re-contextualizes everyday materials to explore waste, value, and imagination. His award-winning works are held in public and private collections across Canada and internationally.

Artist Statement

“I am a conceptually based sculptor and mixed media artist. Most of my materials are discarded or obsolete objects—circuit boards, broken tools, industrial scrap—that arrive already loaded with history. I reorganize and reconstruct these fragments to free them from their previous functions and open them to new meaning. For me, garbage and waste are simply a lack of imagination; each object has the potential to become a metaphor. In re-using these materials, I’m not solving the problem of waste, but I am symbolically slowing it down and asking viewers to reconsider what, and who, we throw away.”

Peter McFarlane

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Escalator / Escalate $3,000.00 CAD

Volcano $1,850.00 CAD

Obsolete and Extinct $1,650.00 CAD

Orange Sunset $800.00 CAD

Each object has the potential to become a metaphor.

Traffic $950.00 CAD

City Sunset $1,800.00 CAD

Ghost Apples in a Snowstorm $1,500.00 CAD

Purple Strike $1,500.00 CAD

Comet Shower $1,500.00 CAD

Lightning Over the City $1,300.00 CAD

Northern Lights $1,600.00 CAD

Blue Night Lightning Strike $1,500.00 CAD

Raven $5,500.00 CAD

Clearcut $2,000.00 CAD

Corral Jump $4,000.00 CAD

Messengers $3,800.00 CAD

Peter McFarlane Reused Scrap Metal Sculpture with Parashute Man Landing on Re-purposed Fan

Fandangle $3,500.00 CAD

Nail Gun Bomb Run $3,500.00 CAD

Nickelback Beaver $3,000.00 CAD

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Name: Messengers
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Messengers

Messengers by Peter Mcfarlane 50" x 6"

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Messengers
by Peter Mcfarlane
50" x 6"