DRAWING

Description: BROWN FRAME, WHITE MATTE. FRAMED BY ARTIST. DEPICTS SURREAL REPRESENTATION OF SEVEN FACES ALONG A HIGHWAY FROM EMBRYO SEQUENTIALLY TO DEATH. TITLED "A DREAM". CHARCOAL SKETCH SIGNED & DATED BY ARTIST BR MARGIN.

History: ARTIST IS PIIKANI, FROM BROCKET AREA, STUDIED AT UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, PRESENTLY NATIVE AFFAIRS COUNSELLOR AT LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. ARTIST IS VISIONARY, BEYOND SURREALISM, & SYMBOLIC IN HER ARTISTIC STATEMENT. REFERENCE: LETHBRIDGE HERALD, JULY 11, 1980. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE FOUND A REVIEW OF AN EXHIBITION OF 15 WORKS BY MCFARLANE AT THE BOWMAN ARTS CENTRE IN THE JULY 11, 1980 EDITION OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THIS SPECIFIC DRAWING WAS IN THE EXHIBITION, WHICH REVIEWER ARTHUR MCDOUGALL CALLED "VISIONARY... THERE IS NO ESCAPING THE ARTIST'S INTENTION; SHE IS PROBING THE MEANING OF REALITY IN ALL OF ITS RICHNESS, RELYING STRONGLY ON HER OWN CULTURAL BACKGROUND TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SHE CAN TRANSFORM THROUGH THE INSIGHT SHE POSSESSES AS AN ARTIST TO AFFECT ALL MANKIND." A PROFILE ON MCFARLANE FROM THE SEPTEMBER 6, 1992 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD DESCRIBES THE ARTIST LEARNING HOW TO MAKE TRADITIONAL CRAFTS DURING HER CHILDHOOD ON THE PEIGAN RESERVE IN BROCKET, AND HOW HER FLUID BELIEF SYSTEM, INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF THE BLACKFOOT AND BAHA'I FAITHS, INFORMS HER ART PRACTICE. MCFARLANE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION AND ART FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE IN 1980, AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN ADULT EDUCATION IN 1989. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.