Fiona Long Art

The art and musings of Fiona Long, a London based artist.

Archive for August, 2006

Tommy Johnson Portrait

Posted: Monday, August 28th, 2006 @ 2:58 pm in Art, News | No Comments »

I have been commissioned by the Tommy Johnson Foundation to do a portrait of the late, great Blues singer himself! The image will be used for publicity material for the Tommy Johnson Memorial Festival this Autumn and will be displayed in a public museum! (tbc)
I will post the portait up here when I have finished […]

Bob Cheevers

Posted: Saturday, August 26th, 2006 @ 12:58 am in General | 1 Comment »

Bob Cheevers

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

This is a quick sketch I did at the Platform Tavern in Southampton, a fantastic blues music venue. Bob Cheevers, a wonderful musician, who was playing there last night, had such a drawable face. I did a similar sketch which I […]

deviantART article

Posted: Friday, August 25th, 2006 @ 6:15 pm in Art, News | 2 Comments »

This piece has been featured in an article about the best collages on deviantART! It is the top example! Check it out here.

Vision

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

Why does Flickr find art as offensive as porn?

Posted: Thursday, August 24th, 2006 @ 6:31 pm in General | 7 Comments »

Flickr has been stopping photographs of art work from appearing in public areas and searches because, apparently, photos of art are not photos!! Even many artists who pay for pro accounts have not realised that this has happened to them as it’s hidden in the small print! It all seems rather clandestine as I and […]

deviantART

Posted: Sunday, August 20th, 2006 @ 12:08 am in Art, General | No Comments »

My work can now be seen on the deviantART website. Click here to check it out.

The Cloud Appreciation Society

Posted: Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 @ 6:07 pm in Art, News | No Comments »

Floridian Clouds

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

I am now a proud member of the Cloud Appreciation Society. They have an absolutely fascinating website and two of my paintings can be seen on it.
To see them click here.