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Sydney Longfellow

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Artist in my own right and daughter of Ki Longfellow, author of the Secret Magdalene

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Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Jan 18

I’m here. Here is some of my art. Toe in water.

Pastel painting by Sydney Longfellow - Self Portrait when a Wee One

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Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Apr 26

I did a ginormous painting on paper of Kali Ma. These are some of the studies. I haven’t seen the actual painting in years. I keep it rolled up in a tube. It’s horrifically fragile. The finished version is life size with me as the model for all parts. Anyway, enjoy. #kalima #sydneylongfellow #artsky

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Apr 9

My completed series of portraits of #womenartists - in this case all painters I admire. My guidelines excluded living artists and artists who lived before the advent of photography. I’m considering working on another series for women writers. What do you think? #sydneylongfellow

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Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 25

A blast from my past. This is Bingle Bird, a painting in oils that I did when I was in residency at the #vermontstudiocenter while I was working on my Masters degree. The painting currently resides with my son. #artsky

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 21

The third in my series on #womenartists is of #marycassatt and captures her forceful personality. #artsky #arthistory

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 12

The latest in my series of portraits of women painters is Alice Neel. I had never heard of her until my graduation show at Smith College when someone compared me to her. She was an amazing portraitist and activist. If you are unfamiliar with her work, you should check it out.

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 8

Look what I found? Just a few years before I re-embraced my art practice I was fumbling to begin again. But I rather like this humble painting. #blueskyart #art #beginnings

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 6

Just completed the second in my series on #womenartists - this formidable woman is Mary Cassatt. While she most often painted the domestic lives of women, she maintained a fierce independence so that she could succeed as a painter in a male dominated society. #blueskyart #artists . #marycassatt

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 5

This was the only time I was remotely happy with a painting of my mom, Ki Longfellow, that I did from a live sitting. For a woman capable of the wisdom she revealed in writing The Secret Magdalene, she sure could be ornery! #authors #artists

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 3

I do not but now I’m going to find out!

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Feb 2

My portrait of painter Tamara de Lempicka. First in a series on women artists that I plan. Who would you include? #womenartists #blueskyart #art

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Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Jan 31

Inspired by recent museum visits I have started a series of portraits of #womenartists This is my first one of the amazing Tamara de Lempicka. #blueskyart

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Jan 31

It just never ends and it is only 11 days.

Sydney Longfellow @sydneylongfellow.bsky.social · Jan 30

I don’t know but I love this image.

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