Nationally
acclaimed Alabama artist Donny Finley takes as the core of his subject
matter the rural American South in which he was raised. But he also draws
inspiration from the people and places he has encountered in his travels
throughout the United States and abroad.
American Artist magazine editor M. Stephen Doherty pointed out in a graceful program article for one of Finley's major shows, the "regional" art he creates transcends any ostensibly specific time and space, becoming universal and powerful as we are personally touched by its humanity and beauty. Only briefly do his people and places seem exotic in their evocation of southern culture, and then the sheer talent manifested in his artistic technique helps us empathetically to appropriate and share the artist's own sensibility about his subject matter.
Finley has won more than seventy awards and prizes including
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