Germany
•
1990
• 78 followers
Featured in:
New & remarkable Artists
Simon Findlay works on his personal relationship with colour through exhaustive durational visual expression.
Nationality
Categories
Artistic movements
Themes
Biography
Simon Findlay is an abstract painter based in Berlin, Germany, working with acrylic and oil on large-scale canvases. His practice investigates: Colour - through layered transparent washes, with often rich and saturated palettes. Gesture - through evocative mark making using brushes, brooms, bikes and thickly applied oil. Process - choosing to work in freezing temperatures, sustained sun exposure or by utilizing dice as mechanisms of chance.
Findlay transfers his playful and energetic lifestyle to his paintings, with many of his works being grounding exercises that regulate emotions and overstimulation. Because of this, repetition is consistent within his work, from the techniques of the Horizontal Lines series which evoke the calmness of; morning lakes, deserts at sunset, or forests in fog - to the snapshots of intense movements created when swinging a broom at full force.
Findlay holds a Bachelor of Science from The University Of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology from Deakin University. He has worked as a sports massage therapist for over a decade, is a multi-instrumentalist (drums, synthesizer, voice, bass) with more than 25 solo releases, and has performed with the bands; JEES!, Cloud Kinski, Kakariko, Daft Folk and 8 Bit Love. In Berlin he maintains a full-time studio practice, mentors artists in process-based creativity and is active within the collectives: 90mil, Artistania, CANK, PHANTAZONiA, Pinky Promise, The Palace Collective and Greenhouse.
Explore all artworks (109)
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,445
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,119
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,445
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,830
Painting . 270 x 185 x 2 cm Painting . 106.3 x 72.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,408
Painting . 270 x 190 x 2 cm Painting . 106.3 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,408
Painting . 266 x 190 x 2 cm Painting . 104.7 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,408
Painting . 200 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Recommended by Artsper
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 260 x 190 x 2 cm Painting . 102.4 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 210 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 82.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 175 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 68.9 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Need more information?
Discover the movements linked to Simon Findlay
Discover other selections of artworks