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(3.97 - 123 votes)About Jack:
Jack Long grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2002. Painting in oils on wood, his work draws heavily upon the tradition of storytelling, utilizing motifs and imagery found in mythology and fairytales. His paintings reflect the modern world through a mystical mirror. Themes of community, sustainability, conflict, and love are all explored.
In these fantastic and mythological images, nature, society and our own habitats are transformed and presented back to the viewer, a process that the artist sees as inherent in our view of the world.
Jack on his work:
I feel like people think of their lives in this way, relating moments in their lives to fairytales or mythology. We have this way of seeing our world in terms of heroes and villains, embellishing certain events, and forgetting others. My paintings have grown out of this; they reveal the deeply rooted patterns of storytelling, mythology and mysticism in our lives.
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Jack Long
Fanciful work by Jack Long, I must have plants and houses on the mind today. ;) Found via Jamaica Byles....
Group Show In Toronto, Dec 12
"From Me To You" Group Show Show & Tell Toronto, ON Dec 12 I have 5 painting in a group show at Show & Tell. It's a pretty sweet show, with the likes ...
Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 Years
GRB2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 Years October 24, 2009 - January 24, 2010 Opening reception: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6:00 pm...
Very decorative and magical artwork. Pleasing to the eye with it’s fairytale quality almost bringing one back to their childhood feelings of fantasy.
Comment by Casey Shannon — July 10, 2009
would be so hard to choose, but i would love a whole collection. would be awsome if someone would for example commission and market “like” a set of plates. I would treasure them to be passed down forever.
Comment by mary — July 10, 2009
I love these! Wonderful!
Comment by lsh — July 10, 2009
this are so pretty…. i wonder if you could paint them, could you make them real???… they look so great and would look even fantastic in a home… its wonderful i love your work…
Comment by isidra — July 10, 2009
Beautiful! They seem to live happier lives.
Comment by thewhirlwindway — July 10, 2009
This work is far too uniform and repetitive. It is one thing to build a style, it is another thing to rely too much on what has already been mastered.
Comment by Anonymous — July 10, 2009
Magical!!! Truly loved the fantasy and story telling from the images and captions. Really enjoyed my ride through your website.
Comment by kathryn o — July 10, 2009
The tab for “Artist a day:Featured Art” on my google homepage had a piece of your work. (in fact, it was the first picture listed above) I really love the colors and the idea of “community” I am in Human Services and I feel life is all about people and community-People need each other. What a wonderful piece of work.
Comment by Dianne — July 10, 2009
fantastic!!!
Comment by atma — July 10, 2009
Dear Jack,
utterly stunning. I am a great fan of your work and I love to look over your website. I remember when you were painting the thousand little houses work in Providence. It’s great to see how your work has developed – the art-woven stories, the characters, re-imagining Biblical images, your own little world.
Comment by Margarita Delcheva — July 10, 2009