Fiona Long Art

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

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Urban Sprawl

Posted: Monday, July 30th, 2007 @ 9:51 pm in Art | No Comments »

Urban Sprawl

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

This painting is a part of my Urban Flux series. I used images from Google Earth of Shepherd’s Bush where I live and the White City development which is being built very nearby. I enlarged different sections of the image to […]

Urban Flux Sculpture

Posted: Saturday, July 7th, 2007 @ 12:46 am in Art | No Comments »

Urban Flux Sculpture

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

This large sculpture is made from old electrical components and circuit boards from outdated and discarded electrical equipment. Technology changes and is changed perhaps even faster than the city so I felt that this was the perfect metaphor for my […]

Hooray!

Posted: Friday, June 29th, 2007 @ 2:52 am in Art, News | No Comments »

Me and my Urban Flux Installation

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

Time for a bit of showing off. I’ve just received my Foundation Year result and I got a distinction! The external examiner who moderated six colleges around the country said that mine and Kirstin Beaver’s work was […]

Thank you!

Posted: Friday, June 22nd, 2007 @ 3:05 am in Art, News | 2 Comments »

Me and some of my exhibits.

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

I had a great time at the private view at college last night. It was an excellent exhibition and everyone put on a great show! It was great to see all our work displayed.
My exciting news is […]

Private View

Posted: Monday, June 18th, 2007 @ 4:33 am in Art, News | 2 Comments »

Foundation_Poster

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

My foundation year has come to an end. I’d love anyone who is able to come along this Wednesday 20th June to attend the private view of our exhibition. There will be a barbeque, a band, a bar and lots of art […]

Saatchi Street Art

Posted: Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 @ 10:39 pm in Art, News | 3 Comments »

Remembrance

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

My Remembrance piece can now be seen on the street art section of the Saatchi Gallery website.

Urban Decay

Posted: Monday, April 2nd, 2007 @ 4:33 am in Art | 5 Comments »

Torn Tar

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

As I walk around the streets of London, on my way to college or work and when I’m out and about, going to galleries I see art everywhere. It may not be art to anyone else as it isn’t obviously beautiful, […]

Biblical Hopscotch

Posted: Thursday, March 15th, 2007 @ 6:02 pm in Art | No Comments »

Biblical Hopscotch

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

“Leviticus: 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination” is often quoted by bigots and homophobes but they neglect to mention other strongly worded verses nearby in the same book of The Bible such as: Leviticus: […]

Sound Interference

Posted: Thursday, February 15th, 2007 @ 6:43 pm in Art | 2 Comments »

Sound Interference

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

The text is all about sound interference and the overlapping slides interfere with each other. Sound waves crossing each other’s paths will at times become louder or quieter which is why some of the text is larger than the rest.
The slides […]

Primitive Book

Posted: Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 @ 4:36 am in Art | No Comments »

(May offend!) Primitive Book

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

What would the earliest book have been? OK it probably didn’t come until the printing press but it is possible that cave men would do “pages” of “cave” paintings on skins of their prey to communicate stories of the […]