Spirit First Friday featuring:
the artwork of Katrina Finn
and the photography of Aleigh Townley

with performances by:
The Real Sea

Flower Crown

and DJs Kelly Fasterchild & Huck Finn

10pm-2am || FREE || 21+

$3 Straubs til midnight
made possible with support from Straub Beer

Katrina Finn is an artist working out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is currently working with watercolor, acrylic paint, marker, pencil and pen but has created artwork using printmaking, three-dimensional media, performance and video as well. Her work has been inspired by figure drawing, the use of color and shape, and interest in a variety of things including human and animal biology, medicine, dreams, children’s art and literature, video games, travel, and her work with orthotics/prosthetics and radiography. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University with a major in sculpture and a minor in painting and printmaking. She has participated in arts programs through the Maryland Institute College of Art and Mary Baldwin University and has shown work in Virginia and Maryland.

The current works started after making a show poster for her husband’s band (“Tiger”). This led to a renewed love of working with watercolor and the creation of “Lucky Foot” and “Nightjar” which was also used as a show poster.

Three of the paintings shown “Sabrina”, “Alice”, and “Angler” were all made over scribbles her young nephew drew. The idea was to use his drawings as a place to start her artwork and to choose subject matter that was related to or appealing to him. In this case his mother, sister, and favorite type of fish.

The newest paintings “Fever/Chill”, “Transformation”, “Bang”, and “Out Breaking” were all created after a trip to Wisconsin taken in April of 2019. The first painting, “Fever/Chill”, was inspired by the friend she visited in Wisconsin. The image is based off a still from a video they shot while there and the concept relates to sickness, medication, and their mutual love for Dr. Mario. The last three paintings were inspired by a visit to the Milwaukee Museum of Art which was showing the artwork of William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Bouguereau became famous during the late 1800s for his beautiful depictions of women and children, often using biblical or mythological stories for inspiration. After traveling to Italy, he did a series of paintings presenting beggar children to raise awareness of their plight. He was criticized because the depictions were viewed as too clean and beautiful for the subject matter and his work fell out of favor until the 1980s. The idea behind these works was to put some of Bouguereau’s “beggar children” into works that addressed modern controversial subject matter.

Her work can be seen on Instagram @katrinafinnartwork. Please email for inquires.