'Color Notes (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) 2020-2021', explores a more personal relationship with color. Each season is presented as a suite of 25 small abstract watercolor studies of color and form, which Finch describes as “haiku-like observations of the world.” Each individual work is composed of three washy gestures, representing three objects, or natural scenes, as recorded by the artist throughout the course of the seasons. In Winter, we find such observations as “spruce / witchhazel / oak leaf,” in Spring, “fog / kayak / tarp,” in Summer, “chair / rose / leaf,” and in Fall, “sunset / sunset / sunset.” This ongoing project draws inspiration from Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s pioneering study of color theory, 'Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color', originally published in 1901. The installation at James Cohan marks the first time one full year is represented as a singular artwork and is presented concurrently with the publication of a new artist book by Finch that also contains an entire year’s 'Color Notes'.