Fiona Finlay

Contact: fi.finlay@gmail.com

Website: http://www.fionafinlayart.com

@fifinlay 

Fiona Finlay lives and works in Kildare, Ireland. She holds a BA First Class Honours Degree in Fine art (painting) from NCAD. She has exhibited widely, including the annual RHA summer exhibitions, Rua Red, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, and Dunamaise Arts Centre, among others. Her work has been purchased by the OPW for the national State Art Collection and her work has also been acquired and is on display as part of Maynooth University Permanent  Art Collection. She has also been an RDS art awards exhibition finalist. 

Artist Statement

My inspiration for paintings often comes from my close surroundings. Currently, my studio plants are a starting point. For me, they are endlessly fascinating and have provided fodder for lots of painting, drawing and experiments. One plant can lead to several paintings. One painting leads to other paintings. This restriction allows me to focus on the formal qualities of the paint itself. Limiting the subject matter or repainting the same subject highlights what’s really interesting to me; the colour, light, patterns, shapes, forms, luminosity etc. I paint directly and fast, with immediacy and urgency, details get overlooked and when representation and abstraction get jumbled, the painting starts to make its own sense.