The objects we own keep memories; they hold clues about who we are and who has shaped us. In Mary Finlayson’s solo exhibition Flowers on the Wall at Hashimoto Contemporary Los Angeles, the artist depicts sculptures, books, and flowers to represent loved ones and moments from her childhood in a new series of vibrant paintings and mosaics. Reflecting on her mother’s life before a dementia diagnosis, Finlayson considers how memories shape who we are and who we have been, as the objects we keep through the years pull the people and places of the past into the present.