Michael Long 'The Steps I've Taken'
Drawer 3- "The Steps I’ve Taken," graphite, color pencil and pigment ink on paper, 6.75 x 6.75 inches, 2020
Artist Statement
I see my paintings like individual Tarot cards. Each being an emotional, psychological or spiritual instigator that could be understood in a variety of ways according to the specific viewer of the work. Imagery generally arrives on its own accord without prior contemplation or concern. I strive to delve under the surface of things; an ever changing, loose intersection between what is known and what is not. My painting process is guided largely by intuition. The aim is to have something be revealed that just feels like it belongs, though I wish to have a semblance of compositional balance and aesthetic aliveness. During the process of creating I need to have a certain amount of shape or color disjointedness. That helps me push pictorial possibility to a final surprising result that may be somewhat unusual or mysterious.
Artist Bio
Michael Long was born in New York City and is currently based in Santa Fe, NM. He earned an MFA from the University of Colorado in 2008 and a BFA from the College of Santa Fe in 2004. He also studied painting under Richard Pousette-Dart at the Art Students League in New York 1986-87. He has taught painting, drawing and photography for more than thirty years through many university, college and private organizations, including at the University of Colorado, Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Eastern New Mexico University, University of Hawaii, Dar al-Kalima College (Bethlehem, Palestine), The Contemporary Museum (Austin, TX). Currently he teaches many painting and photography at Santa Fe Community College. He has exhibited nationally as well in Italy, Netherlands, Colombia, and Mexico. His artwork is represented in many institutional and cooperate collections.
Drawer 3- "The Steps I’ve Taken," graphite, color pencil and pigment ink on paper, 6.75 x 6.75 inches, 2020
Artist Statement
I see my paintings like individual Tarot cards. Each being an emotional, psychological or spiritual instigator that could be understood in a variety of ways according to the specific viewer of the work. Imagery generally arrives on its own accord without prior contemplation or concern. I strive to delve under the surface of things; an ever changing, loose intersection between what is known and what is not. My painting process is guided largely by intuition. The aim is to have something be revealed that just feels like it belongs, though I wish to have a semblance of compositional balance and aesthetic aliveness. During the process of creating I need to have a certain amount of shape or color disjointedness. That helps me push pictorial possibility to a final surprising result that may be somewhat unusual or mysterious.
Artist Bio
Michael Long was born in New York City and is currently based in Santa Fe, NM. He earned an MFA from the University of Colorado in 2008 and a BFA from the College of Santa Fe in 2004. He also studied painting under Richard Pousette-Dart at the Art Students League in New York 1986-87. He has taught painting, drawing and photography for more than thirty years through many university, college and private organizations, including at the University of Colorado, Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Eastern New Mexico University, University of Hawaii, Dar al-Kalima College (Bethlehem, Palestine), The Contemporary Museum (Austin, TX). Currently he teaches many painting and photography at Santa Fe Community College. He has exhibited nationally as well in Italy, Netherlands, Colombia, and Mexico. His artwork is represented in many institutional and cooperate collections.
Drawer 3- "The Steps I’ve Taken," graphite, color pencil and pigment ink on paper, 6.75 x 6.75 inches, 2020
Artist Statement
I see my paintings like individual Tarot cards. Each being an emotional, psychological or spiritual instigator that could be understood in a variety of ways according to the specific viewer of the work. Imagery generally arrives on its own accord without prior contemplation or concern. I strive to delve under the surface of things; an ever changing, loose intersection between what is known and what is not. My painting process is guided largely by intuition. The aim is to have something be revealed that just feels like it belongs, though I wish to have a semblance of compositional balance and aesthetic aliveness. During the process of creating I need to have a certain amount of shape or color disjointedness. That helps me push pictorial possibility to a final surprising result that may be somewhat unusual or mysterious.
Artist Bio
Michael Long was born in New York City and is currently based in Santa Fe, NM. He earned an MFA from the University of Colorado in 2008 and a BFA from the College of Santa Fe in 2004. He also studied painting under Richard Pousette-Dart at the Art Students League in New York 1986-87. He has taught painting, drawing and photography for more than thirty years through many university, college and private organizations, including at the University of Colorado, Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Eastern New Mexico University, University of Hawaii, Dar al-Kalima College (Bethlehem, Palestine), The Contemporary Museum (Austin, TX). Currently he teaches many painting and photography at Santa Fe Community College. He has exhibited nationally as well in Italy, Netherlands, Colombia, and Mexico. His artwork is represented in many institutional and cooperate collections.