Artist Jeremy Long's exhibit "Painters Painting" showcases life journey
Kelley Ann Arnold
Issue date: 3/3/10 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Painter and professor Jeremy Long's alert eyes, set in his serious face, reveal his many years of experience in painting. Yet, his expression, as he discusses color relationships, landscapes, foregrounds, spaces, rhythms and "oneness," conveys the depth of his devotion to the study of art and his desire to learn and create. "I believe whole-heartedly that you don't really see or understand a painting unless you take the time to try and draw from it-that sort of mechanical thing of looking at it while transcribing it allows you to see things that are completely unexpected," said Long. However, even for someone with his talents, the process of attempting to achieve the goal of truly seeing his paintings took time and effort to learn. Almost twenty years since the start of his artistic journey, he has yet to master this.
Long graced the Assumption College art community with his presence on Thursday, February 24 to present his art, and to introduce works from his latest group exhibition, Painters Painting, located in the Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago native, having served as a visiting professor to Assumption College in 2007, is currently working as an assistant professor at Ithaca College. Having received a degree from the Kansas City Institute in 1989 and attending the Chautauqua School of Art for four summers afterwards, Long graduated with a MFA from American University in Washington, D.C. in 2001.
However, Long credits his creative beginnings to his experiences at a "unique high school" called the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Five days a week, for three to four hours a day, Long was exposed to artists, museums and creating projects in a city where such things were easily accessible. From there, Long recalls that, "One of the biggest sort of breakthroughs for me [in graduate school] was just trying to remember what it was specifically that got me interested in spending time alone in a studio and making things… And it came out of some early interests in drawing that I was doing when I was in high school."
Long graced the Assumption College art community with his presence on Thursday, February 24 to present his art, and to introduce works from his latest group exhibition, Painters Painting, located in the Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago native, having served as a visiting professor to Assumption College in 2007, is currently working as an assistant professor at Ithaca College. Having received a degree from the Kansas City Institute in 1989 and attending the Chautauqua School of Art for four summers afterwards, Long graduated with a MFA from American University in Washington, D.C. in 2001.
However, Long credits his creative beginnings to his experiences at a "unique high school" called the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Five days a week, for three to four hours a day, Long was exposed to artists, museums and creating projects in a city where such things were easily accessible. From there, Long recalls that, "One of the biggest sort of breakthroughs for me [in graduate school] was just trying to remember what it was specifically that got me interested in spending time alone in a studio and making things… And it came out of some early interests in drawing that I was doing when I was in high school."
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