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ALONG COMES MARY: Mary Finlayson
ALONG COMES MARY
JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present ALONG COMES MARY, an exhibition of new works by Mary Finlayson. A celebration of color, pattern, and form, Finlayson’s work has a freshanduniqueaestheticthroughheruseofgouacheandvinyl emulsion. Navigating themes of home, memory, and self, her interest in painting interior spaces and still lifes portray how environmentsrevealidentity.
Considering interiors as portraits that contain their own narratives,hercompositionsexplorethestoriesthateachspace tells about the people who inhabit them. Flattening the perspective of each scene, her still lifes provide a voyeuristic glimpseintoeachcuratedspacewhilecapsulizingtheintimacy of each scene. Energetic lines evoke movement that helps enliventheotherwisestagnantsettingsandfloralarrangements while reduced, simplified forms reveal a complexly structured, distinctivestyle.
InhomagetotheiconicworksofDavidHockney,HenriMatisse, and Stuart Davis, Finlayson borrows similar bright color palettes, repetitive patterns and simplified forms. Creating tightly constructed compositions unique to her own style, she combinesherbackgroundsinprintmakingandpaintingtolayer and contrast colors. The creative process includes immense attention to detail and meticulous planning around the composition as she considers personal attachments and importance of objects, the perspective of each scene, and the captured
captured feeling of a space over accurate depiction. Creating environments that are partly real and partly imagined, Finlayson’s ability to craft a story by way of her art is enigmatic.ugh the merging of collective memory and pop phenomena.
MARY FINLAYSON livesandworksinSanFranciscoasanartist, teacher,andarttherapist.SheholdsaBachelorofFineArtsfrom Queen'sUniversity,aGraduateDegreeinArtTherapyfromthe VancouverArtTherapyInstitute,andanArtsEducationDegree fromtheUniversityofBritishColumbia.
Sun Room Garden, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 41.25 x 49 in.
Morning Shadows, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 31 x 37 in.
Bookshelf with Red Chair, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 41 x 49 in.
Blue Room with Yellow Chair, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 49.25 x 37.25 in.
Floral Vase with California Poppies, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 37 x 31.25 in.
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Vase with Monstera, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 37 x 31.25 in.
Green Vase with Red Cosmos, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 37 x 31.25 in.
Florals with Geometric Vase, Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame, 25 x 21 in.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition: ALONG COMES MARY: Mary Finlayson
Summer 2023
JoAnneArtman Gallery
326 N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA92651
346 N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA92651
511AW 22nd St, NewYork, NY10011
Catalogue © JoAnneArtman Gallery
Artwork © Mary Finlayson