Jenny Long

Biography

Jenny Long is a personality who loves capturing personalities through painting. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2003 at Okanagan University College (OUC) in Kelowna. Before OUC, Long lived in Denmark for a year, which allowed her the opportunity to absorb a foreign culture and in traveling, realized her desire for visual expression. Upon graduation, Long was honoured with a President's Purchase Award for her painting, along with an exhibition invitation for a local commercial gallery. Since then, the Art Ark Gallery has shown and sold Long's paintings as her style matures and continues to become well established within the Okanagan.

Long has been busy over the last few years responding to a seemingly constant demand within the realm of both public and private commissions. One most memorable projects was creating portraits to hang in The Black Pearl Lounge & Oyster Bar in Penticton, B.C. This exposure allowed for Long to expand her market within her hometown, and has opened the door to many other artistic avenues such as private commissions and teaching. Long's playful, intuitive drawing techniques are shared with her two young students who in turn rejuvenate and remind her creative voice to remain true to its own unique expression.

New Work

Shift Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 inches

Jane and the Canon Acrylic on Canvas 72 x 36 inches

Jennilee Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 48 inches	Influenced by the story Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 24 inches

Can't put my finger on it! Acrylic on Canvas 16 x 20 inches	Enrichen Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 36 inches

Decon Acrylic on Panel 46 x 36 inches	First with Child Acrylic on Panel 48 x 35 inches

Past Showings
"Life on Exchange", show with Christian Nicolay, Art Ark Gallery, 2004
"Fresh 2003!", group show, Art Ark Gallery, 2003
"B & W and Color", group exhibition, Art Ark Gallery, 2003
"Instinct and Resistance", solo exhibition, Eight Sisters Gallery, Penticton, 2002
" Art on the Line", juried group exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery , Kelowna, 2002
"Depth of Perception", solo exhibition, Eight Sisters Gallery , Penticton, 2001
"Monochmomy", juried group exhibition, The Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, 2001

Artist Statement
I want to merge the school of abstract expressionism with the act of portraiture. In doing so, the paint
itself is figurative-it is just as important as the person it is describing. The language of the ground is
heated by emotive, instinctual play with the paint, which allows for the figure to become more than an
individual caught in time, but an essence of being.

Benjie SOLD Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 54 inches

Kitchen Party SOLD Acrylic on Panel 46 x 36 inches	Jyoti SOLD Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 inches

J Rocka SOLD Mixed Media on Pegboard 48 x 24 Inches	Rie SOLD Acrylic on Paper 30 x 22 inches

Barry SOLD Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 16 inches	Flash in the Pan SOLD Acrylic on Panel 48 x 42 inches

Downtown SOLD Acrylic on Paper 52 x 38 inches	Eve SOLD Acrylic on Canvas 16 x 20 inches

KZ SOLD Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 36 inches	William Burrows SOLD Acrylic on Panel 48 x 42 inches