Painting is what retirement looks like here.
Long Light Studio is a one-person painting practice in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The work began the way a lot of late-in-life painting does — quietly, almost without intention. A small canvas, a few tubes of acrylic, an afternoon with nothing demanding to be done. That afternoon turned into a habit. The habit turned into a body of work.
The paintings group themselves into three loose series. Hills & Sky is the most recognizable — layered landscapes with the dotted yellow skies that have become a kind of signature. Surface Studies are the quieter abstracts: textured, monochromatic, more about the feeling of a place than the shape of it. Shore is what happens when the work turns toward the water — moonlit beaches, dunes, docks at night.
The studio's working palette: cream, navy, gold, sage, and dusk blue — a small range, used differently each time.
Pieces are available as originals, in a small selection of prints, and on a commission basis. If a painting catches your eye and you'd like to know whether it's still available — or if you'd like to talk about something custom — there's an email link further down the page. Inquiries are answered personally, usually within a day or two.
— A note from Long Light Studio
