The Fairview Finder

The Fairview Finder My viewing tool for fine artists to help us easily see and design good compositions.~ Steve Puttrich

Love how artists are using this tool to make clearer designs, meaningful stories and confident marks. Well done Rachel D...
05/20/2026

Love how artists are using this tool to make clearer designs, meaningful stories and confident marks. Well done Rachel Dowd Fine Art

05/09/2026

Yea, Rachel!!! Thank you so much.

My granddaughter wasn’t looking for a composition. She just saw something beautiful and reached for it.Painters know tha...
05/04/2026

My granddaughter wasn’t looking for a composition. She just saw something beautiful and reached for it.

Painters know that feeling.

That moment — before the brush, before the palette — is the whole thing. Most of us lose it somewhere between setting up and the first stroke. Not because we lack talent. Because we never had a way to hold it still.

That’s what the Fairview Finder 3.0 is for.
We held it up to the garden and the window found her — small hands, white roses, full attention. On the Story Check side the Finder was already asking its questions:
Who is the hero of this scene?
What time is speaking here?
What will you remember when the light is gone?

Hero. Time. Memory.

Three prompts. One glance. The painting writes itself.

The 3.0 carries Edgar Payne’s sixteen composition types, a Golden Ratio guide, a three-value shape check, and twelve story prompts on the reverse. The Square Format Finder ships with every order — because the square leaves you nowhere to hide, and sometimes that’s exactly what the painting needs.

You’re the one with the brush. The 3.0 just helps you see clearly.

Fairview Finder 3.0 — $49
Infinite number of paintings — priceless

👉 https://www.fairviewfinder.com/store

Great way to frame up your scenes.Sharing the references as well as the framing on these for you to paint.Link in bio if...
04/13/2026

Great way to frame up your scenes.
Sharing the references as well as the framing on these for you to paint.

Link in bio if you want a Fairview Finder.
Or at www.FairviewFinder.com/Store

Enjoy!

Fairview Finder 3.0 is here.One tool. Two sides. Design on one face, Story on the other. A value strip, aspect ratios, a...
04/13/2026

Fairview Finder 3.0 is here.

One tool. Two sides. Design on one face, Story on the other. A value strip, aspect ratios, and shape prompts built right in.
Hold it up. See the painting before you paint it.
Now available. Ships April 17.

Link in bio
Www.FairviewFinder.com

Rachel is doing it right. If you’re looking for an amazing gift to give yourself or your painting partner, Look no furth...
12/17/2025

Rachel is doing it right. If you’re looking for an amazing gift to give yourself or your painting partner, Look no further than a Rachel Dowd Fine Art Patreon subscription.

Thanks Angela Fehr Artist for the awesome demo!
07/24/2025

Thanks Angela Fehr Artist for the awesome demo!

Another beautiful morning to seek out good composition ideas for future paintings. Here’s a few. Can you spot them? C or...
06/30/2025

Another beautiful morning to seek out good composition ideas for future paintings.
Here’s a few. Can you spot them?
C or L shape, S curve, Cross, Radiate, U shape, Scattered and Diagonal.

Want your own Fairview Finder?
See link in bio or visit.
www.FairviewFinder.com

Learning to see the art within your scenes is half the battle you won already. It’s Not…How can I get the most out of Th...
06/11/2025

Learning to see the art within your scenes is half the battle you won already.
It’s Not…How can I get the most out of The Fairview Finder?

It’s, How can I get the most out of myself using The Fairview Finder?

Subtle difference makes all the difference.
Link in bio to get yours.
Or www.fairviewfinder.com

We made it to Giverny, framing up so many future paintings.
05/08/2025

We made it to Giverny, framing up so many future paintings.

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