(born 1979, New York City, NY) has developed a poetic, humorous, and enigmatic visual mythology that is both highly personal and ubiquitous. He takes images we know already such as lips, hands, feet, noses, eyes, and these repeated images appear to emerge out of a hazy abyss of brushy, abstract shapes. The works call to mind artists like Philip Guston and Jasper Johns, who also explore the body and its relationship to abstraction. Using reflective aluminum grounds and a limited color palette that consists primarily of black, grey, and white punctuated with red, green, and pink, the paintings offer the viewer a contemplative dream-like space.

John Finneran’s work has been included in numerous exhibitions in the US and will be included in a forthcoming exhibition of works from the Saatchi Collection in London, England.