Studio Visions

Self Portrait Pondering

10" x 12"

Oil on board

£350

Welcome to the blog of my recent paintings now on display until 24th May in the exhibition "Studio Visions." My work is seen in conjunction with the ambitious, loosely painted urban scenes of Michael Robinson, a recent graduate of Glyndwr University with whom I share a studio. (When he has artwork online, I will let you know!)

I occupied Unit 113 of Oyston Mill, Preston, between 2001 and 2008. After an inspirational year at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, I returned to the same studio and was joined by Michael.

The work on this blog is presented in three categories.

Tea Series - Still Life

Recent Cafe Paintings

Urban Landscapes from Philadelphia to Preston

Apart from that, there are two portraits. One is me, pondering as always. The other is my beloved Lindsey sat in the studio against the window.

Whether online or in the gallery, enjoy the show.

Prices are for framed artwork. Not including package and postage.

All artwork copyright of Norman Long 2010

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Lindsey in the Studio
£595
Oil on linen on board
14" x 16"

The Tea Series

Tea Still Life - Blue Teapot
SOLD
Oil on board

16” x 16”

Tea Still Life - Pink
£599
Oil on board

16” x 16”

SOLD

Tea Still Life - Yellow Stripes
£599
Oil on board
16” x 16”

SOLD

Milk Bottle in Sunlight
SOLD
Oil on linen on board

10" x 12"

Milk Bottle on Black
SOLD
Oil on board

10" x 12"

Milk Bottle
SOLD
Oil on board
10” x 12”



Teacup on White Cloth
SOLD
Oil on board
12” x 10”





Teacup II
£350
Oil on board
12” x 10”
SOLD



Teacup I
£350
Oil on board
12” x 10”

SOLD



Blue Teapot
SOLD
Oil on board
12” x 10”



White Teapot
SOLD
Oil on linen on board
12" x 10"



Yellow Teapot
SOLD
Oil on board
12” x 10”

Recent Cafe Paintings

Patience, Oil on Board, 14" x 16" £595

SOLD

The Card Players, Oil on Board, 16" x 14" £595

SOLD




Shopping Bag, Oil on Board, 10" x 8" £305
SOLD





Sunlight on Cafe Floor, Oil on Board, 10" x 8" £305




Overheard, Oil on Board, 16" x 14" SOLD




Cafe Interior, Oil on Board, 14" x 16" £595





Lunchtime I, Oil on Board, 14" x 16" £595





Intrigue, Oil on Board, 16" x 14" £595





Cafe Writer, Oil on Board, 14" x 16"
SOLD



Cafe Glance, Oil on Board, 16" x 14" SOLD

First Appraisal 16" x 14" Oil on board £595

Appraisal 20" x 14" Oil on board SOLD

Date After Work, Oil on Board, 12" x 12" £375

Father and Son 1, Oil on Board, 12" x 12" £375

SOLD

Bringing Tea, Oil on Board, 16" x 14"

SOLD

Lunchtime II Oil on Board 14" x 16" £595

Cafe Encounter, Oil on linen, 26" x 21" £1595

SOLD

Friends, Oil on board, 16" x 16" £599

SOLD

Father and Son, Oil on board, 24" x 16" SOLD

Urban Landscapes from Philadelphia to Preston

Fishergate Cafe at Dusk 16" x 14" Oil on board £499

Arthur Street, 12" x 10", Oil on board £350

Home at One, 10" x 12", Oil on linen on board £375

Sunlight at the Firehouse Cafe, 16" x 14", Oil on board, £499

SOLD

The Old Firehouse Cafe, 10" x 12", Oil on linen on board, £350

Rembrandts Cafe 12" x 10" Oil on linen on board £350

Fishergate at Dusk 10" x 12" Oil on linen on board £350

Cafe on the Corner, 10" x 12" Oil on linen on board
SOLD




Mugshots Cafe 14" x 16" Oil on board £499





Philadelphia Evening 12" x 10" Oil on linen on board £350





7 am, Friargate 10" x 12" Oil on linen on board £350







Kendal Shops 10" x 12" Oil on linen on board £350






By the Ship Inn 12" x 10" Oil on linen on board £350

SOLD

Salsa Dancers Commission

32" x 42" Oil on linen. copyright Norman Long 2009

This recently completed commission saw me flown over to Cuba to paint Salsa Dancers. Not really, but it did mean doing a lot of research. I didn't know the first thing about Salsa. The clients kindly agreed to dance in my studio while I did photos and studies and they taught me that the lady is the centre of attention while the man leads the moves.

The setting was to be Cuban. In this composition, with its high viewpoint, only the musicians are visible - other preliminary work involved Cuban style architecture.The couple dancing in the background are the main couple again. Degas said that a painting requires as much cunning as the perpetration of a crime. Here the musicians are drawn from internet images. The chair in the foreground is painted from life in the studio and various body parts are amalgamated for the figures. I was specifically asked for a fairly descriptive painting (i.e. not "painterly"), which increased the challenge of capturing light and movement.

Cafe Series, Philadelphia

The Bishop's Collar, 18" x 20", oil on linen




Jack's Firehouse, 20" x 18", oil on linen

Mugshots Cafe, 18" x 20", oil on linen

Rembrandt's, oil on linen, 18" x 20"

This series of four Philadelphia Cafes was commissioned by my good friend and landlord Brian LaMay in generous exchange for a few months' rent. They were completed through a process of drawings and colour studies on the spot, along with some direct work on the canvas for two of the paintings. The hastle of carrying wet paintings on the bus is more than compensated for by the feeling of real connection with the subject.

Two of the paintings were secret presents for Brian's friend Cecelia, who lived in the Art Museum area where these cafes are located. Not for the first time, I was "busted" while painting on the street when Cecelia and her mum thought they would visit Rembrandt's cafe.