Fiona Long Art

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

Archive for January, 2008

Claustrophiliacs Anonymous

Posted: Thursday, January 24th, 2008 @ 10:38 pm in Art, General | 1 Comment »

Is Tracy Emin a Claustrophiliac?

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

At college yesterday, I was discussing with some friends how much I like camping. One of them was particularly unsurprised by this passion of mine considering my claustrophiliac tendencies! He then admitted to enjoying hunting around, exploring under […]

Tropes and tropes of snakes

Posted: Thursday, January 24th, 2008 @ 10:35 pm in General | No Comments »

Which do you prefer?

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

I was originally planning to make this painting purple but I rather liked the alienation from the subject matter that the blue colouration gives. I find that the patterned flat plane makes the painting appealing whilst the subject matter […]

Like mixing water with water…..

Posted: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 @ 4:16 am in General | 2 Comments »

Thought for the day…..

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

What goes through the psyche of an aquarian in the bath….maybe……

Louise Bourgeois and what she has made me discover.

Posted: Sunday, January 13th, 2008 @ 9:55 pm in Art | 1 Comment »

Claustrophila Blackboard

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

I recently went to the exhibition of a heroine of mine: Louise Bourgeois at Tate Modern. It was fantastic! Her work is very psychoanalytical and is mostly based on her resentments from childhood. She’s well into her 90s now and still […]

Blackboard

Posted: Sunday, January 13th, 2008 @ 9:37 pm in General | No Comments »

Entropy Blackboard

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

I’ve recently painted a blackboard of the wall in my studio space at college. It’s great for brainstorming my ideas on. There’s a refreshing feeling about it because if I change my mind about something I can just wipe it off […]

The Infamous Hugh Pelc?

Posted: Sunday, January 13th, 2008 @ 8:13 pm in General | 1 Comment »

hugh

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

A treat for all you Hugh Pelc fans out there….. I’ve discovered from Google Analytics that dozens of people every month come across my website by searching for Hugh Pelc. As far as I know he’s the only one and my site […]