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Born and raised in northeast Alabama, Dennis Finley identifies with life in the country and feels at home in a rural
setting. Dennis began drawing as a child. For many years, he worked as a mobile home technician--he set up house trailers--and
had his own mobile home business. It was in the late 90's that Dennis decided to devote more time to painting art. Working
in acrylic on canvas, Dennis chooses his subjects from imagination, striving for a dramatic play of light and shadow within.
He has a strong sense of the unusual, and draws upon this to create paintings that are a rich blend of composition, color
and depth--while conveying a more personal sense of "abstraction."
And now a word from the artist:
Through the years I have moved back and forth between painting on stretched canvas and painting on canvas board and canvas
sheets. The size of my paintings often reflects the size of my studio or the amount of money I have in my pocket with a few
exceptions along the way. I moved from oil to acrylic once my paintings were too slow to dry for my working methods. I am
more at ease with the speed and versatility of acrylic paint. These days I primarily paint on stretched canvas, I build the
paintings up in layers and washes, hoping each layer shows in the end. I think of the paintings as skin. this is what I see,
this is who I am. I used to paint trying to be exact, but that was years ago. Now I feel most comfortable without limitations,
although abstraction is a fire I stay close to. I hope you find my work appealing.
You may want to visit my ETSY site .
My ETSY
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