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Ashley Longshore
Ashley Longshore is an American painter and sculptor whose Pop-inspired portraits mix celebrity imagery, fashion, text, humor, and consumer culture.
Ashley Longshore quick facts
Ashley Longshore makes vivid pop-inflected portraits and text-based paintings that mix celebrity imagery, humor, fashion, and consumer references.
| Full name | Sarah Ashley Longshore |
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| Born | August 19, 1975 · Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | — |
| Nationality | American |
| Movements | Pop Art |
| Paint types | Acrylic paint |
| Other media | — |
| Other materials | Mixed media · Gold leaf · Heavy resin |
| Painting surfaces | Canvas · Wood panels |
| Painting methods | Layered acrylic and mixed-media painting with gold leaf and resin finishes |
| Common subjects | Pop culture, feminism, fashion, celebrities, consumerism, text, humor, and luxury imagery |
| Notable works | We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About · Audrey Profile Cut Out with Multi-Color Butterfly Swarm and Gold Leaf |
Sources: Ashley Longshore biography, Ashley Longshore: We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About, Ashley Longshore: Audrey Profile Cut Out with Multi-Color Butterfly Swarm and Gold Leaf, and Business Jet Traveler profile.
Paint types used by Ashley Longshore
Longshore paints acrylic portraits on canvas and custom wood panels; the examples below connect this medium to documented works and her graphic style.
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Acrylic paint
The Louisiana Art & Science Museum records Cleopatra (2019) as acrylic on custom wood panel and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2019) as acrylic on canvas. Longshore uses the same paint across rigid and flexible supports, working in a pop-art portrait mode. Her own catalog and museum records document acrylic in distinct works and formats.
Sources: Ashley Longshore biography, Ashley Longshore: We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About, Ashley Longshore: Audrey Profile Cut Out with Multi-Color Butterfly Swarm and Gold Leaf, and Business Jet Traveler profile. · Louisiana Art & Science Museum: Diamonds of History
Painting surfaces used by Ashley Longshore
Longshore’s portraits appear on canvas and custom wood panels in museum records; the examples distinguish these supports in her acrylic practice.
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Canvas
Longshore’s paintings are documented on canvas, including the Louisiana Art & Science Museum’s portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2019). This flexible support contrasts with the custom wood panel used for her Cleopatra portrait. The two collection records show her use of both stretched canvas and rigid panels.
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Wood
The Louisiana Art & Science Museum documents Longshore’s Cleopatra (2019) as acrylic on custom wood panel. The rigid support differs from the canvas used for her portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Longshore’s own work records provide further examples of panel paintings, showing that wood is a distinct format in her pop-art practice.
Sources: Ashley Longshore biography, Ashley Longshore: We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About, Ashley Longshore: Audrey Profile Cut Out with Multi-Color Butterfly Swarm and Gold Leaf, Business Jet Traveler profile.
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