Emily Finch The view that time forgot, 2025

London-based artist Emily Finch (b. 1987) produces quietly powerful oil paintings of trees that explore memory, resilience, and the restorative possibilities of making. Working in a refined palette of muted tones and softened edges, Finch's works occupy a liminal space between figuration and reverie: trunks, branches, and the negative spaces between them are pared back until they become carriers of feeling no less than literal description.

Born in Wiltshire, Finch's early encounters with open landscape instilled a lasting reverence for trees as markers of time and continuity. These childhood impressions recur in her work as a stabilising force: trees are both witness and refuge, steadfast amid change. Finch's painting practice responds to lived experience, including recovery from PTSD and the emotional consequences of disability.