Finn Robinson (b.2000, Inverness) creates figurative paintings and drawings which process, reflect upon, and extend his lived reality. His works are intrinsically linked to his past experiences and explore the tension between historical imagery and contemporary identity, often reworking canonical paintings to reveal new, queered narratives teetering on the edge of our reality. Through an evolving material language – layering acrylics, oils, pastels, and coloured pencils – Finn creates surfaces that reward extended looking, inviting viewers into tactile, symbolic spaces. His work balances clarity and ambiguity, realism and dreamlike figuration, often incorporating personal motifs and trompe-l’Å“il devices to collapse inner and outer worlds. What emerges is a hybrid practice rooted in love for the act of painting, but acutely aware of its historical, contemporary, and conceptual implications.
