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Painting is poetry without the words.

Discovery begins with studies from life and moves to crafting in a studio process. 

Graduated with a Master of Art in Painting and create from my painting studio in Sydney.

Make opportunities to showcase my paintings in many public and private showings at Sydney galleries and art events.

Artist statement

My artistic practice revolves around capturing the essence of living spaces, still life, incorporating glimpses of harbour and landscape fragments. Through the medium of oil painting, I employ a combination of brushes and palette knives to create textured and dynamic artworks. By intention and intuition transforming them into emotionally and expressive abstracted style.

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Exhibitions

2025 - Concourse Art Space solo exhibtion

2025 - Gallery Lane Cove Group show

2024 - Greenwich Art Trail

2024 October - The other Art Fair

2024 May - The other Art Fair

2023 - The other Art Fair

2023 - Incinerator Art Space solo exhibition

2023 - Riverview boathouse charity group show

2022 - Greenwich Art Trail

2022 - Crag Arts group show

2021 - Incinerator art space solo exhibition.

2020 - Greenwich Art Trail

2018 - Incinerator art space solo exhibition.

2017 - ARO gallery solo exhibition

2017 - Mosman Festival. Soldiers Institute cottage, Middle Head Reserve studio joint exhibition.

2017 - Ewart gallery, Workshop Arts Centre, group exhibition.

2016 - Incinerator art space joint exhibition.

2015 - Master of Art, UNSW art & design group exhibition

Education

2016 - Master of Art, Painting.  University of NSW Art & Design.

2009 - Workplace Training and Assessment - Certificate IV. Sydney Institute, TAFE.  

1985 - Graphic Design - Certificate. TAFE     

Workshops and classes with

Julian Ashton Art School - Painting and Drawing 

National Art School - Workshops            

 

Married, two adult children.  

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©2023 by Pete Finlay

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