About the Artist/CV

B e t i n a    F i n k

Tucson, Arizona

Artist Statement

Oil painting is an experiential activity that has a direct connection with what the painter sees and what is chosen to be documented. Throughout the years Betina Fink has been most compelled to reinvent images painted, and to revisit spaces and experiences that have infused her thoughts and memories. The act of documenting is her way of filtering and interpreting the world.

Experiential painting means that every time Betina Fink faces the canvas, she reacts to what is in front of her: the living, breathing, changing space. Experiencing the making and changing of a painting becomes a compelling and evolving relationship. What becomes interesting is the growing body of work that shows a cycle of reinterpreted ideas.

Background Summary

Betina Fink received her BA in Art History and Fine Art from the University of Delaware in 1983. After working for two years at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, she entered the MFA program in painting at the University of Arizona in Tucson, graduating in 1988. Not too long after graduation Betina moved to the Netherlands, where she lived in Amsterdam and Rotterdam during the 1980’s and ‘90’s. There she studied paintings by the Northern European Masters. Returning in 1995 to Arizona brought a change of iconography continuing to be present in Fink’s work. The painting became inspired by subject matter found in the southwestern part of the United States: Spanish-Colonial architectural elements, botanical forms, and the sharp contrast of light and color.

Fink’s work has been exhibited in Europe and the United States. She has received several grants from the Dutch government, and is in collections both in the Netherlands and the U.S. She has been affiliated with arts communities/cooperatives such as International Arts Collective (Barcelona/Netherlands), Rancho Linda Vista (Oracle, AZ), Dinnerware Gallery (Tucson, AZ) and The Drawing Studio (Tucson, AZ).

Curriculum Vitae

Other Sites with Information About the Artist

www.artistsregister.com  •  www.thedrawingstudio.org • www.oblidi.net