MEETING GROUND | Jan Freeman Long

We are pleased to present MEETING GROUND a solo exhibition by Jan Freeman Long featuring both larger works on canvas from her Cross Section & Vessel series and smaller framed collage pieces from her Signpost series. Throughout her work, Long's artistic pursuit remains the same: "I am interested in the mysterious nature of what endures, both within an internal landscape and what surrounds us in the natural world. I am interested in visual relationships that express what I don't have the words for-- a territory of what is unknown and enigmatic is my form of visual poetry." As a student of painting at the California College of the Arts (CCA), Long was quickly attracted to working with abstraction. It offered her an open-ended vocabulary with which to look beyond the obvious and enter a realm of the unknown. Long’s final semester at CCA took place in Florence, Italy at Studio Art Centers International. Along with her studies, she took countless trips throughout the country weaving through its many towns & landscapes. A new fascination for the beauty and longevity of ancient buildings and artifacts emerged and remains in her work today. In her studio, Long continues to be guided by her intuition and the wisdom she gleans from nature’s ongoing patterns and cycles to explore what is timeless, enigmatic and universal. For Long, "Ultimately, a visual sense of calm and contemplation is what I wish to share."