Fallingfaintlyfaintlyfalling at the Finch Gallery, London

Caroline McCambridge invited Fay to create a picture, the size of a postcard, inspired by the words, ‘falling faintly…faintly falling’ from the final sentence of ‘The Dead’ by James Joyce for a forthcoming exhibition, Fallingfaintlyfaintlyfalling at the Finch Gallery, London, which opens on 17 January 2026.

‘The Dead’ is one of 15 short stories from ‘The Dubliners’ (published in 1914), a seminal collection about the lives of people from Joyce’s home city, infusing the everyday with the profound. The final paragraph of ‘The Dead’ describes Gabriel standing at the window on Twelfth Night as the snow falls, remembering the dead and recognising his own mortality.

Caroline and Fay have exchanged postcards between London and Dublin.
Poet and Dubliner Patrick Chapman will be contributing a poem. Patrick and Fay have been sharing their work over the past few years: his poems, many at manuscript stage, and her drawings before they go on display.

Fallingfaintlyfaintlyfalling: an exhibition of postcard exchanges and larger works inspired by the final passage of ‘The Dead’ by James Joyce.
Co-curated by Caroline McCambridge and Belinda Worsley.

Finch Gallery, 12 Sidworth Street, London Fields, London E8 3SD.