ARTIST STATEMENT

My process is about the act of reaching out to make sure I know where I am, to check my coordinates, mark a signpost for my memories, as if to say, “this is where I am now.” My paintings are a tethering to a place and a time, to a mood or disposition, and so in painting I recognize the connection I feel to the land. It is like a rite by which I assure myself that I am looking, that I am aware, that I am part of this place, this Home Land.

BIOGRAPHY

Finn Campman is a Putney School alum and studied printmaking, poetry, and literature at Sarah Lawrence College. In 1991 he joined Sandglass Theater, and founded Company of Strangers , whose production Moth and Moon won an UNIMA Citation of Excellence, in 1999. He has toured much of the world performing his theater work, created the video component for the Brattleboro Music Center’s production of Devine Chemistry, and has presented his work in three Puppetry In The Green Mountain Festivals. Recently, Finn was a collaborator, composer, and puppeteer in Bodel Dance Arts production of forecasts & findings. He has been focusing his creative energy on painting and electronic music with his band The Brothers Chorizo. He has taught English and Art at Hilltop Montessori School for 25 years.

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