#brian longfield

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Brian Longfield at Cre8ery's last First Fridays show.

Self portrait tending to the trail camera, 2024/04/14,

Alert doe in Tall Grass, 2023/06/28,

Squirrel surveying his domain, 2023/11/06,

And if you gaze too long in the meadow, The meadow gazes also into you, 2022/05/19,

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Brian Longfield at May's First Fridays event in the exchange district, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Photographs taken by me on 2025/05/02

Whitetail on the trail, 2022/11/19, Acrylic on found fabric, 24" x32"

Coyote on a cold night 2022/12/23, Acrylic on found printed fabric, 24"x32"

Stag calling at night 2022/11/05, Acrylic on patterned bedsheet, 24" x32"

I was very relieved to see that Brian had set up his studio in 70 Arthur street after the closure of the Cre8ery gallery, where he'd previously operated from. I'm also very pleased to be able to share some of my favourite work of his with my followers here, as Longfield really is a star in Manitoba's art scene.

The winter night scenes capture the power of Manitoba's forests in the middle of their deep freeze. The choice of found fabrics stretched into paintable surfaces elevates what would originally be simple photorealism. The fabrics evoke a feeling of homeliness, the comfort of the sleeping place, but the imagery of each painting transports the viewer into the deadly nocturnal freeze where these animals live.