"Orange, Violet" Opening Reception

Opening Reception: Sat, Sep 13 from 4-6pm
Exhibition Run: Aug 20-Oct 11, 2025

Known for her vibrant palette and richly patterned compositions, Finlayson explores the emotional architecture of interior spaces, turning domestic settings into evocative portraits of memory, identity, and belonging.

Drawing inspiration from artists such as Corita Kent, Henri Matisse, and Stuart Davis, Finlayson’s paintings pay homage through bold colors, rhythmic patterns, and flattened forms. Yet her work remains distinctly her own. Her intimate, stylized environments radiate with personal resonance and narrative weight. Each composition, while simplified in form, unfolds as a complex visual map of emotion and memory.

Finlayson’s work is rooted in a deep investigation of what “home” means, both as a lived space and an imagined ideal. She transforms familiar interiors into vivid recollections, often distorting scale, perspective, and proportion to emphasize feeling over realism. In these spaces, couches float, staircases curve unexpectedly, and decorative objects hum with symbolic meaning. They are not reconstructions of reality but deeply felt impressions, spaces remembered and reimagined.

While Finlayson primarily works in gouache on canvas, this exhibition also highlights her continued exploration in textiles and mosaics, expanding the tactile and conceptual language of her practice.

Orange, Violet invites viewers to step into a world where everyday spaces become stages for emotion, memory, and personal history.