Born: New York City

Currently based: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
mlongartist@gmail.com
505.310.5890

2008 MFA University of Colorado
2004 BFA College of Santa Fe
1986-87 Art Students League of New York

ARTIST STATEMENT

I see my paintings like individual Tarot cards. Each being an emotional, psychological or spiritual instigator that could be understood in a variety of ways according to the specific viewer of the work. Imagery generally arrives on its own accord without prior contemplation or concern of what will appear. I strive to delve under the surface of things; an ever changing, loose intersection between what is known and what is not. My painting process is guided largely by intuition and influenced by what I have contemplated in the natural world and through spiritual study. The aim is to have something be revealed that just feels like it belongs. It’s a quest for something visionary. During the process of creating I try to keep a feeling of wonder and wander. That helps me push pictorial possibility to a final surprising result.