About Fin
Sacred queer stardust, painted with pain and joy. Also: cats.
Fin (he/him) is a Sagittarius-born, late Gen X (Xennial), proudly Jewish, neurodivergent gay trans man. Originally from the mossy witchlands of New England, he’s also lived in Santa Monica and Seattle before settling in the Midwest, where he shares his home with a small pride of judgmental but beloved cats. Fin is up front about who he is—not out of devotion to identity politics (he’s not a fan), but because it saves time. Experience has taught him that if someone is put off by any part of his identity, they’re probably not his audience.
Fin’s art style, which he calls Elysian Enchanted Realism, blends otherworldly landscapes with blooming, often bioluminescent creatures—surreal hybrids of plant and animal, sometimes celestial and elemental. These dreamlike scenes are rich with layered meaning, where symbolism, memory, and emotion intertwine. Whether rooted in myth or entirely invented, his worlds feel like sacred spaces just on the edge of waking: liminal, luminous, and deeply felt.
From 2018 to 2025, Fin poured over three million words into the Flameborn Multiverse, a vast, interconnected narrative weaving Tolkien fanfiction and original fiction into a mythic, multi-universe tapestry. Though he no longer writes in it full-time, he continues to explore its stories through occasional side projects and revisitations. Writing remains essential to his creative practice—especially stories that center queer love, mysticism, healing from trauma, and the beauty of becoming. Fin is also a poet—his work rooted in prayer, love, and longing.
Much of Fin’s creative output is shaped by a long history of survival. He lives with chronic pain (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, arthritis, and fibromyalgia), and carries the scars of C-PTSD from years of abuse and bullying. In May 2024, he claimed sobriety as a personal act of reclamation, and it continues to reshape his life and work. His art and writing aren’t escapism—they are spellwork. Grief transmuted. Joy insisted upon.
Fin has synaesthesia, and music doesn’t just register as sound for him—it comes with color, texture, and emotional weight. While he sometimes creates illustrations inspired by specific songs, much of his work grows out of the sensory impressions music leaves behind: hues, shapes, and atmospheres that linger long after the track ends. His art often begins there, translating those internal sensations into something visible and tangible. Fin’s favorite bands are Deftones and Cocteau Twins, but his tastes run wide and he listens to everything from Bad Bunny to Black Tape For A Blue Girl, with some of his other favorites being Front Line Assembly, KMFDM, <PIG>, HEALTH, Machinedrum, Om Unit, Lone, Lorn, Fear Factory, Ho9909, Andy Stott, Massive Attack, Björk, PJ Harvey, NERD, Jay-Z, a-ha, and Enya, and he also unapologetically loves some of the grunge, prog metal and nu-metal he grew up with—Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Tool, Helmet, Korn, Sevendust, and Linkin Park included.
Through it all, he’s grounded by his twin soul and creative partner Andy, whose steady love and shared vision keep the flame burning bright.
Fin’s art style, which he calls Elysian Enchanted Realism, blends otherworldly landscapes with blooming, often bioluminescent creatures—surreal hybrids of plant and animal, sometimes celestial and elemental. These dreamlike scenes are rich with layered meaning, where symbolism, memory, and emotion intertwine. Whether rooted in myth or entirely invented, his worlds feel like sacred spaces just on the edge of waking: liminal, luminous, and deeply felt.
From 2018 to 2025, Fin poured over three million words into the Flameborn Multiverse, a vast, interconnected narrative weaving Tolkien fanfiction and original fiction into a mythic, multi-universe tapestry. Though he no longer writes in it full-time, he continues to explore its stories through occasional side projects and revisitations. Writing remains essential to his creative practice—especially stories that center queer love, mysticism, healing from trauma, and the beauty of becoming. Fin is also a poet—his work rooted in prayer, love, and longing.
Much of Fin’s creative output is shaped by a long history of survival. He lives with chronic pain (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, arthritis, and fibromyalgia), and carries the scars of C-PTSD from years of abuse and bullying. In May 2024, he claimed sobriety as a personal act of reclamation, and it continues to reshape his life and work. His art and writing aren’t escapism—they are spellwork. Grief transmuted. Joy insisted upon.
Fin has synaesthesia, and music doesn’t just register as sound for him—it comes with color, texture, and emotional weight. While he sometimes creates illustrations inspired by specific songs, much of his work grows out of the sensory impressions music leaves behind: hues, shapes, and atmospheres that linger long after the track ends. His art often begins there, translating those internal sensations into something visible and tangible. Fin’s favorite bands are Deftones and Cocteau Twins, but his tastes run wide and he listens to everything from Bad Bunny to Black Tape For A Blue Girl, with some of his other favorites being Front Line Assembly, KMFDM, <PIG>, HEALTH, Machinedrum, Om Unit, Lone, Lorn, Fear Factory, Ho9909, Andy Stott, Massive Attack, Björk, PJ Harvey, NERD, Jay-Z, a-ha, and Enya, and he also unapologetically loves some of the grunge, prog metal and nu-metal he grew up with—Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Tool, Helmet, Korn, Sevendust, and Linkin Park included.
Through it all, he’s grounded by his twin soul and creative partner Andy, whose steady love and shared vision keep the flame burning bright.
