Kathryn Jean Finlayson

Last updated
Kathryn Jean Finlayson
Kathryn Jean Finlayson portrait.jpg
Born(1953-02-14)14 February 1953 [1]
Nationality American
OccupationArtist

Kathryn Jean Finlayson is an artist from Salt Lake City, Utah. She is primarily known for her surrealistic paintings, [2] which feature a diversity of styles and subject, including fantastic conceptualization of landscapes and animals, particularly horses. She stated " The ideas for my art come from dreams and imagination, and sometimes from impressions of memories of childhood." [3] Her media is primarily oil paint.

Contents

Finlayson was born in Denver, Colorado. Her family eventually moved to Utah, where she studied art at Westminster College under Don Doxey. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978. After concluding her education, she traveled extensively in Europe, Canada, and Mexico, where many influences contributed to the evolution of her unique style. [4]

Finlayson has had several one-person shows, and has participated in several group shows, including the 84th, 85th, and 89th annual Spring Salon show at the Springville Museum of Art. [5] [6]

Related Research Articles

LeConte Stewart

LeConte Stewart was a Latter-day Saint artist primarily known for his landscapes of rural Utah. His media included oils, watercolors, pastel and charcoal, as well as etchings, linocuts, and lithographs. His home/studio in Kaysville, Utah is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lorus Pratt

Lorus Bishop Pratt was an American landscape painter and missionary. In 1890, he was one of a group of painters who studied in Paris under the sponsorship of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in preparation for painting murals at the nearly completed Salt Lake Temple.

John Fairbanks American landscape painter

John B. Fairbanks was an American landscape painter. In 1890, he was one of a group of artists who studied in Paris under the sponsorship of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in preparation for painting murals at the nearly completed Salt Lake Temple. He painted murals in the Salt Lake Temple and the Mesa Arizona Temple that still exist today. Fairbanks was the official photographer for the South American expeditions of Benjamin Cluff. Fairbanks was the first artist to live and paint in Zion National Park. He was an early art instructor at Brigham Young Academy and was one of the founding members of the Utah Art Institute. Fairbanks was the father of sculptor Avard Fairbanks.

Wulf Barsch

Wulf Erich Barsch von Benedikt is an American Latter-day Saint artist and professor at Brigham Young University (BYU).

John Willard Clawson American painter

John Willard "Will" Clawson was an American, Utah-based artist, in the late-19th and early 20th-century.

Edwin Evans (artist) American painter

Edwin Evans was an American landscape painter and teacher. In 1890, he was one of a group of painters who studied in Paris under the sponsorship of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in preparation for painting murals at the nearly completed Salt Lake Temple.

James Taylor Harwood American painter

James Taylor Harwood was an American painter, engraver and art teacher. He was the first artist from Utah to exhibit at the Paris Salon, in 1892.

Clark E. Bronson is an American sculptor.

Edward D. Maryon was an American painter and educator. He taught art at his alma mater, the University of Utah, from 1957 to 1991, and he was the dean of its College of Fine Arts from 1964 to 1981. He painted watercolors. According to Utah Art, Utah Artists: 150 Year Survey, "His paintings are representational but contemporary in that the colors are modified and intensified, as is the light and shade, and space is used in an arbitrary way. The subject matter is stylized freely to enhance the abstract quality of the work."

Maurice E. Brooks was an American sculptor and painter.

Florence Frandsen Neslen was an American educator and artist.

Hughes W. Curtis was an American woodcarver, and clay and bronze sculptor.

Howard L. Kearns was an American painter and printmaker who specialized in watercolors and oil paintings. His artwork can be seen at the Springville Museum of Art.

B.F. Larsen American painter

B.F. Larsen was an American art educator and painter. He taught Art at Brigham Young University for five decades, and he was the chair of its Department of Art. He painted French and Utahn landscapes.

Harrison T. Groutage was an American painter and educator. He taught art at Utah State University for more than three decades, and his artwork can be found in museums in California, Utah and New York.

Cornelius Salisbury was an American painter and educator. His artwork, which depicts scenes from the Old West and Utahn landscapes, can be seen in many public schools in Utah and at the Springville Museum of Art.

Donald Beauregard American painter and charcoal drawer

Donald Beauregard was an American painter and charcoal drawer. Trained in Utah and France, he painted the landscapes of the American West. He died at age 30.

Philip Henry Barkdull was an American modernist painter and educator.

Robert S. Olpin was an American art historian. He was a professor of Art History at the University of Utah, and the (co-)author of several books.

Donald P. Olsen was an American violinist, educator and painter. He played the violin for the Utah Symphony in the 1930s, he taught art and music at Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah, and he became an abstract expressionist painter in the 1950s. His work was exhibited posthumously at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in 2011.

References

  1. "Springville Art Museum". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  2. Vern G. Swanson; Robert S. Olpin; Springville Museum of Art; William C. Seifrit (1999). Artists of Utah. Gibbs Smith. p. 100. ISBN   0-87905-905-2.
  3. Vern G. Swanson; Robert S. Olpin; Springville Museum of Art; Donna L. Poulton (2001). Utah art, Utah artists: 150 year survey. Gibbs Smith. pp. 125, 126. ISBN   978-1-58685-111-8.
  4. Vern G. Swanson; Robert S. Olpin; Springville Museum of Art; Donna L. Poulton (2001). Utah art, Utah artists: 150 year survey. Gibbs Smith. pp. 125, 126. ISBN   978-1-58685-111-8.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-01-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)