Curated Thematic Series
Explore Curtis Long's major thematic bodies of work across Austin neighborhoods, American music, plains grain elevators, and New Mexico desert corridors.
The Neighborhood Series
Curtis created a series of sixteen paintings inspired by the natural and manmade surroundings of the neighborhood in the hills of Austin where he and Mimi lived. Artists are often stimulated creatively by visiting new places or experiencing new things; it is sometimes difficult to look beyond what has become "normal and mundane" in usual surroundings. This series is Curtis's attempt to challenge himself in search of fresh vision in a routine setting.
Music & Jazz Series
Celebrating Austin's live music heritage — from acoustic guitars, saxophones, and violins to the 'Music Seen' solo exhibition at Café Mundi and long-standing representation at Wild About Music on 6th Street / Congress Avenue.
The Rural America Series
Drawing directly from Curtis's western Kansas childhood and full-time Airstream travels across the Midwest and Plains — grain elevators, Farmall tractors, feed stores, and geometric barn forms like 'Big Red Sun', 'Silo Salon', and 'Bud's Liquid Feeds #2'.
The Las Cruces Series
Painted along the Arizona and New Mexico desert corridors while traveling in mobile studio Laluna and exhibited at JME Studios in Las Cruces, New Mexico (2002).
Cul-de-sac (South Austin Garage)
Don't let anyone tell you that one must have strange and beautiful surroundings to create a captivating painting. Curtis occasionally painted with a friend in his suburban south Austin garage — 'Cul-de-sac' (1999) is an interpretation of the view from that garage.