Join us for an artist reception with painter Al Longo.

INNER LANDSCAPES: Paintings by Al Longo
Exhibit: April 13, 2012 - July 12, 2012
Reception:  Sunday, April 22, 3-5 PM

Artist's Statement:

All my work is a reflection of nature. Not a representation of nature but rather my feelings of and response to it. The shapes and colors digested and reformed to reflect my reaction to the spirit of the trees, rocks, hills, and waterways from which I create my forms. I use the vibrant colors to express the life flow within my ecological surroundings, which is the substance of all natural things. Some of the canvases are shaped so that the viewer may perceive the forms from different perspectives within the same work, just as it might be viewed in real life. The backgrounds blend, flow and intertwine with the forms, like wind or fog, caressing and sweeping, undulating through and beyond. Beginning with only the slightest idea of the forms I intuitively reshape them, changing the colors as I proceed; almost akin to the changing colors and appearance of the foliage seen from a path through woods, mountains or along the seashore at different times of the day or different seasons. These works are not meant to be a representation or reflection of nature but rather the sense of its spirit and energy.

Education:

University of Hawaii
Honolulu Academy of Art
Whitney Art Studio

Selected Exhibitions:

• “Living With Nature," Solo exhibition, IONS (Insitute of Noetic Science) & Lucid Art Foundation, Petaluma, CA
• Reflexiones/Organicas, 2 Person Exhibition, CEARTE (Centro Estatal de las Artes), Ensenada, Mexico
• “Side By Side," 2 Person Exhibition, Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA
• “Reemergence," Quicksilver Mine Co, Forestville, CA
• “Building Bridges,” CEARTE (Centro Estatal de las Artes), Ensenada, Baja, Mexico & Tijuana, Baja Mexico
• “Shaped Canvases,” Evolving Art Gallery, Vallejo, CA
• Arte Contemporaneo, Museo del Historico, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
• AH Gallery, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
• Asto Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• Rajamangala University Gallery, Thanyaburi, Thailand
• Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
• JeJeu Museum, JeJeu, Korea
• Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, Ca
• Lynn Kottler Gallery, New York, NY
• "The Figure," Laughing Raccoon Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Mindful Message," Unicorn Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• “A Christmas Package,” Unicorn Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• “Visions,” Fourth Dimension Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Sun Gallery, San Francisco. CA
• Book Mark Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Morrison Fine Arts, New Haven; CT

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Residencies

2005 Sept. - Artist in Residence, Arte Praxia, Ensenada, Mexico
2004 Aug. - Artist in Residence, Tagua-pa, Thailand
2004 Aug. - Artist, Art therapy team, Tsunami relief, Bon Namkhem, Thailand