Original contemporary acrylic, watercolor, mixed-media, and limited-edition serigraph works by Curtis Long. Architectural places and live American music distilled to essential forms, vibrant color, and bold line-work — created between Austin, Studio Laluna, Portland, and Cuernavaca.
“Color is emotional as line is intellectual, and I work to create in each artwork a balance of color and line, emotion and intellect.”
— Curtis Long, Artist Statement (April 2004)
2006 • 60 cm x 50 cm • Pastel on canvas
2006 • 15" x 22" • Acrylic on 850gm/m2 arches paper
442 cataloged masterworks, editions, and works on paper from 1988–present.
2006 • 24" x 12" • Acrylic/collage on 2-1/2" deep gallery-wrap canvas 24 " x 12"
A Smoky Nightclub in Harlem is an original work created by Curtis Long in 2006. Executed with vibrant palette dynamics and textural depth in Acrylic/collage on 2-1/2" deep gallery-wrap canvas 24 " x 12".
2006 • 28" x 12" • Acrylic on gallery-wrap canvas 28" x 12" despite the title -- a texafication of the spanish word accordeonista -- curtis' influences for this piece were not entirely latin
The Bayou Swamis, a Zydeco band from Humboldt County, California, sparked his renewed interest in accordion music when he saw them perform at the Arcata Farmer's Market.
2006 • 24" x 24" • Acrylic on gallery-wrap canvas this grain elevator is located a few miles outside scott city in western kansas
Big Grain Elevator is an original work created by Curtis Long in 2006. Executed with vibrant palette dynamics and textural depth in Acrylic on gallery-wrap canvas this grain elevator is located a few miles outside scott city in western kansas.
2006 • 24" x 30" • Acrylic on gallery-wrap canvas (ready-to-hang) 24" x 30" miles would dig it
Blazing Trumpet is an original work created by Curtis Long in 2006. Executed with vibrant palette dynamics and textural depth in Acrylic on gallery-wrap canvas (ready-to-hang) 24" x 30" miles would dig it.
2006 • 12" x 9" • Acrylic on Heavy Gallery-Wrap Canvas
Blue Serenity 12" x 9" Acrylic on Paper
2006 • 7" x 7" • Acrylic on lenox 100 rag paper 7" x 7"
Blue Silos 2 Acrylic on Lenox 100 Rag Paper 7" x 7"
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Curtis Long painting in his Austin studio loft, Texas
Born and raised on the high plains of western Kansas, Curtis Long earned a B.S. in Engineering from Kansas State University (1983) before dedicating his practice to painting and fine art serigraphy. Working from Thornton Road Studios in Austin, Texas, Studio P at The Awarehouse, and his converted Airstream trailer dubbed Laluna, he translates architectural forms and live music into vibrant color and structural line.
Years of full-time U.S. travel in mobile studio Laluna — followed by extended painting seasons in Portland, Oregon and Cuernavaca, Mexico — shaped solo shows from the Texas State Capitol and Driskill Hotel to Packwood, Las Cruces, and Madison, with long-standing representation at Austin's Wild About Music and TIPS on Art.
Every original acquisition is handled with white-glove institutional care, ensuring pristine preservation, museum-grade conservation, and uninterrupted transit to private galleries globally.
Each original piece is accompanied by an embossed, serialized Certificate of Authenticity signed in wet ink by Curtis Long, containing provenance lineage, substrate documentation, and archive ledger registration.
Works listed as framed arrive complete with coordinated matting, custom moulding, and glass. Gallery-wrap canvases feature 1-1/2″ deep edges painted continuously around the stretcher bars for frameless presentation.
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