JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST: 

THE ART OF MARY ELLEN LONG

Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, Colorado

February 19th - March 19th, 2014

Opening Reception

Friday, February 21st, 4:30-6 p.m.

Mary Ellen Long began creating images through printmaking

and painting beginning in the mid sixties and has been 

exploring ideas in various other media ever since.  Works on

and of paper, artists’ books, and environmental projects have

been part of her artistic output and an overview will be seen

in this retrospective exhibition.

Gallery Hours, Monday - Friday, 10 to 4

(970) 247-7167

http://www.fortlewis.edu/art/ArtGallery.aspx

ANNOUNCING A NEW PUBLICATION

Just published through IMac is the book Journey of an Artist: The Art of Mary Ellen Long. This book documents selections of my art since 1965 to the present.  Included are images of early silk screen prints, etchings, lithographs, and paintings.

Examples of collage, mixed media, and environmental installation in the last 30 years are also shown.   This catalog relates to the upcoming retrospective at Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.opening February 19 with a reception on February 21.  More details will be posted soon.

ANNUAL RITUAL

Each year, after a significant snowfall, I bury paper in the forest.  The earth with natural detritus of  leaves and pine needles from the forest environment "prints" and embosses the paper as the weight of the snow presses down on the paper throughout the winter.   In printmaking terms, the earth is the plate and the snow is the press.  The paper is harvested in the spring and the resulting natural art is used in artworks such as artists' books and installations.

 Walking the forest trail to the burial site and placing paper squares on the earth and under the snow

OPEN STUDIO CONTINUES

My studio will be open by appointment till the end of the year.

handmade paper art in studio window

DECEMBER OPEN STUDIO

 OPEN STUDIO / OPEN HOUSE

MARY ELLEN LONG

  * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART *

                           Saturday, December 7, 10-5     

                                    Sunday, December 8, 1-5

                                    UNIQUE GIFT IDEAS

SMALL ART OBJECTS, COLLAGE, DRAWINGS, PRINTS, BOOK ART, SCULPTURE

REFRESHMENTS

259-4363 FOR MORE INFORMATION

209 EL DIENTE DRIVE, DURANGO (EDGEMONT)

 Tidal - altered photograph

 Birds Nest - sculpture of egg, root, wasp nest

 Bone, Bark, Paper - assemblage

Bookend - sculpture of natural materials

FAVORITE PHOTOS FROM THE PACIFIC RIM

THE SHORE

During the fall season, time was spent in Southern California and Maui.  Here are some of my favorite shots.

 Shore birds, South Del Mar, CA beach

 low tide at Del Mar

 Sea grasses and kelp

 Storm approach at Del Mar

 Kihea Beach, Maui

 Black sand beach near Hana, Maui

 Tidal at Koko beach, Hana,Maui
                         
 Offering papers on tidal pool,  Hamoa Beach, Maui

RECENT PLACEMENT OF WORK

The following books were placed in the collections of the Athenaeum in La Jolla and the Special Collections, Geisel Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla

 Cloud, Root, Paper (two in the series)

 Winter Pressing 2012                                                                                The Walk The Wild The Way

This past September my traveling Roots exhibit opened at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library in La Jolla, California.  During my visit I also presented a collage trunk show at the Athenaeum and had a table at the San Diego Book Arts Fundraiser at UCSD, displaying boxes of collage and a selection of my artists' books.

WASP WASHI

Installation in the lobby at the Durango Arts Center to be exhibited until mid November.  The paper squares are handmade paper (kozo fiber imported from Thailand) and wasp paper that have been
combined in the process of making the sheets.  The wasp paper has been collected from the amazing
nests that wasps make.  Wasps are indeed the first papermakers.