ALAN FINCH
"CLOSE UP"
JUNE 4-27, 2026
DTLA ART NIGHT RECEPTION
THURSDAY JUNE 4, 6-10pm
My work begins in the quiet, intimate spaces where the world reveals itself suddenly. Through close-up abstract digital images, I explore the textures, colors, and hidden structures of the natural world - fragments most people pass by without noticing. These details become transparent things, through which the past shines, offering glimpses into layers of memory, material, and time.
Attention is central to my practice. As Vladimir Nabokov wrote, “When we concentrate on a material object... the very act of attention may lead to our involuntarily sinking into the history of that object.” I follow that descent, letting deep looking pull me beneath the surface of things. What begins as a simple encounter with bark, stone, or water often opens into something far more expansive - a landscape of emotion, resonance, and hidden narrative.
My earlier work in painting, mixed media, and stone sculpture was shaped by the CoBrA movement’s devotion to spontaneity and unfiltered expression. Paul Klee’s belief that “Creation begins with willful acts of overemphasis” continues to guide me. I embrace intensity, instinct, and exaggeration as ways of revealing truth rather than obscuring it. Whether I’m carving stone or capturing a microscopic digital landscape, I work in a state of improvisation, letting curiosity and immediacy shape the image.
Each piece becomes a record of a spontaneous interaction - a brief alignment of movement, material, and intuition. The resulting images are not explanations but invitations: to slow down, to look closer, to feel the pulse beneath the surface of things. My work asks viewers to enter the overlooked, the quiet, the nearly invisible, and to discover the emotional reasonance hidden there.
Alan Finch
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Website: https://www.alanfinchart.com
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