Artist in the Elm City
On a late September evening Silas Finch’s three-room studio on the third floor of the Gotham Arts and Commerce Building at 39 Crown St. is empty save for the artist. Low rock music comes from a stereo in the back of the room as Finch sands away at spoon handles inlaid with varnished newspaper that he plans to attach to a beaded necklace.
The scene would be lonely were it not for the population of antiques and found objects littering the walls, the floor, every table surface. In the shadows of the orange lamplight, they take on their own lives, telling their own stories, speaking to...
Hi Si - what a fabulous article - you are giving a lot of pretige to New Haven
art works. Just so happened that on the same page as your article, there is a picture Of Jodi Picoult, writer of :My Sister's Keeper" which I just finished. It was one of the finest books I ever read. She was having a book show this coming weekend in New Haven. Keep up the great work - some day you can support us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Love Grandma
Way to go Si! And it is true Silas is one of the best skateboarders I've ever seen in person.
Silas still rips the stuntwood.