William Finlayson

William Finlayson lives and works in West Palm Beach. Finlayson has no formal Art education. He mainly works in Acrylic on Panel and Mixed Media Collage on wood Panel.

Born in Tallahassee, Florida, William started his artistic career as a color consultant for his family’s Design and Painting company. This work of 20 yrs lead him to his fascination with textiles and paint, along with custom furniture. After creating and selling dozens of unique pieces of furniture, here began his transition from wall, to wood on furniture, to canvas. Painting on canvas was the culmination of his creative outlet. William feels that his lack of formal training in Fine Art has afforded him a freedom to paint what he envisions and feels, rather than conform to a specific style or genre, that he feels is limiting. He is Inspired by hard edge abstraction and color field art such as Kenneth Noland, Joseph Albers, Gene Davis, Frank Stella, Anne Truitt, and Imi knobel.