Artist Bio
Kandi Finney is a multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges painting, drawing, and digital media, with a focus on the quiet power of memory and reflection. Her art lingers in still spaces, where silence carries as much weight as sound and where presence and absence blur into one another. This sensitivity to pause and atmosphere lies at the heart of her creative process and finds particular resonance in her exploration of music as both subject and metaphor.
In works such as The Night Stole My Song, Kandi turns her attention to the solitary act of making music beneath the vast October sky. A lone figure sits beside a fire, guitar in hand, while the crescent moon and stars look on. Here, music becomes more than melody; it transforms into a gesture of connection, a way of reaching across silence toward memory, spirit, and the unseen. The fire, glowing against the darkness, embodies the fleeting warmth and illumination of the season, while the upward drift of sparks suggests songs rising to meet the night.
Kandi’s practice spans oils, pastels, watercolor, and digital painting, each medium chosen to match the unique character of the subject. She often works with a restrained palette and simplified forms, creating compositions that open space for reflection. This economy of visual means invites viewers to enter the work and find echoes of their own stories.
Her paintings consistently return to themes of human connection, exploring the bonds between individuals, their landscapes, and their inner lives. Whether evoking the quiet glow of a desert horizon, the memory-laden hush of a room, or the intimacy of a solitary musician at a fire, Kandi’s work calls viewers to pause, listen, and inhabit the stillness.
Based in New Mexico, she continues to expand her artistic voice through a weaving of memory, music, and resilience. Her work has been exhibited in group shows and noted for its contemplative tone, emotional depth, and timeless ability to hold silence and sound together in a single image.