Reflections -- S.R. Finch

About S.R. Finch

S.R. Finch is an author-illustrator who’s been obsessed with creating the same book series for a very long time.

Residing in Minnesota (Minneso-da), she graduated from the University of Northwestern--St. Paul with a degree in art and minors in graphic design and Bible. When not staring at her character illustrations expecting inspiration to come, she's usually badly singing along to eccentric playlists and caring for her cats.

Image:

"Self Portrait," 9x12in, alcohol marker & graphite on watercolor paper, 2023

Artist Statement

I’m an artist and storyteller obsessed with bringing the world in my head to life.

I’m inspired by science-fiction and fantasy, Japanese illustrators, and Gothic art from the Middle Ages along with my blended Roman Catholic upbringing. I’m also inspired subconsciously my own mental illness. My obsessions, my compulsions, my escapism.

Fantastical characters each bearing a fragment of myself are found in my art and stories. Art is reluctant—characters rarely meet your eyes, and few reveal emotion plainly. Writing is eager—characters voice their emotions and circumstances. Neither can exist without the other, as art is a window, and writing is a door.

My art is mixed media with a constricted color palette. Alcohol markers, acrylics, drawing inks, and graphite are manipulated, layered, and blended. Some pieces are finalized digitally by building up blending modes and effects. The goal is always to let the characters “speak.” The way I work manifests in my writing as well; the more I layer the setting and story, the deeper and more nuanced it becomes.

I work within a theme of duality. Reflections are a motif shown literally and symbolically through various concepts and characters. Everything has a mirror image—my work alone is a reflection of the escape world that took ten years to find an escape from. But even now, I still co-reside in two different places: reality and the world in my head.

Reflections

Novel | The Immortal

About S.R. Finch

Artist Statement