Mary Finlayson

Biography
Portrait of artist Mary Finlayson in her studio

Mary Finlayson (b.1982) is a Canadian-born artist living and working in San Francisco, California. Finlayson's paintings are a celebration of color, pattern, and form which chronicle and celebrate the aesthetics of everyday life.

 

Her tightly constructed and highly detailed works capture the feeling of these spaces, evoking the memory of place-often a departure from what is real. Her pieces pay homage to the likes of Corita Kent, Henri Matisse, and Stuart Davis by borrowing similar bright palettes, repetitive patterns, and simplified forms.

 

Finlayson blends her knowledge of painting and printmaking, attributing her style to a background in silkscreen and lithography. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Queen's University in Kingston Ontario, a Graduate Degree in Art Therapy from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute as well an Arts Education Degree from the University of British Columbia. She completed artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center as well as OTIS College in LA and recently completed a mural at the Facebook Artist in Residence program in San Francisco, CA. She has created work for Asana, Mohawk, Google, and Anthropologie.

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Works
  • framed vivid gouche painting of a dinner table depicted in a very flat geomtetric and colorful style. On the table is vases of flowers and a bowl of fruit.
    Peonies on the Table, 2026
  • Painting of a green vase with geometric flowers in it in front of a patterned background in light wooden frame
    Summer Things, 2026
  • Painting by Mary Finlayson depicting a blue vase with red flowers, a blue coil, and a purple pot containing yellow flowers against an orange and green square pattern
    Blue Vase with Blue Snake and Books, 2025
  • framed colorful painting with abstract flowers
    Spring Things, 2025
  • Still life painting of a shelf with several books, a blue eye, a red car, several vases with plants and flowers.
    Bleeding Hearts with Clovers and Seeing Eye, 2024
  • Still life painting of an interior with a blue vase with a blue plant with a table with a stack of books and a yellow fish. In the background is a green, pink and yellow checkered wall with a painting of a tulip.
    Bluebells and Forget-me-Nots with Striped Vase and Books, 2024
  • Painting of three black shelves with flowers in vases, a bowl of oranges, stacks of books and knickknacks on a bright green wall
    Daffodils and Cosmos with Orca, 2024
  • Still life painting of a yellow table with a stack of books and three flower vases with an assortment of color flowers. The wall behind is painted bright pink and there is a window with several plants
    Flowers in Pink Room with Books and Daffodils, 2024
  • Still life painting of an interior with a small statue of a blue woman sitting, several colorful vases with flowers. In the background is a wall with floral wallpaper and a poster.
    Miro Poster with Yellow Vase, 2024
  • Still live painting of an interior with several knickknacks on a blue shelf with plants and candle holders. There is a yellow striped wall in the background with paintings of flowers.
    Peace Lily with Tugboat Tiger and Bits from Home, 2024
  • Still life painting of three shelves filled with various plants in colorful vases
    Plant Shelf with Buttercups and Bluebells, 2024
  • Mary Finlayson - spray painting of a self space with book, plants, and vases.
    Shelf with Fish, Sunburst & Plants, 2024
  • Mosaic still life of an interior with several stacked books, a blue vase with yellow flowers, a green bowls filled with oranges and a cat mask hanging on a pink and red checkered wall.
    Yellow Poppies and Mandarins, 2024
  • Mary Finlayson - gouache painting of a interior space, pink wall with dog image and a table full of books and plants
    Japhy with Plants and Books, 2023
  • Mary Finlayson, Books with Reclining Figure Sculpture in a Red Room, 2022
    Books with Reclining Figure Sculpture in a Red Room, 2022
  • Mary Finalyson painting of tulips, quilt in background, candlestick and books
    Tulips In Red Vase With Quilted Tapestry, 2022
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