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The Artist
KATHY LONG lived in Hilo as a child, and returned to raise
her family nearly 20 years ago. Daughter of the well-known
artist, Mary Koski, she traveled widely with her parents before
settling down to study Fine Arts and develop a career in art
for herself. After graduating from one of the oldest schools
for the Arts in Scandinavia, she had her debut in the prestigious
Waino Aaltonen Museum in Finland. This was the beginning of
a series of thirteen one-woman- shows through out Europe over
the course of the next several years.
In 1979, Long and her husband, Bertil, an art historian, moved
to the United States to open a gallery in Houston, Texas. The
gallery handled works by her mother and herself as well as
notable names such as Henry Moore, Robert Vickery and two dozen
other internationally respected artists.
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In 1982, Long and her family moved to Hawaii in search
of a more traditional lifestyle than they could find in a
big city. They settled in Waimea, on the Big Island, where
her husband became the curator for Parker Ranch for thirteen
years. Known for her black and white drawings of Hawai’iana,
her work can be found in over 27 galleries statewide. She
has been the winner of purchase awards by the Hawaii Council
for Culture and the Arts and many “Peoples Choice” awards.
She has been featured on Hawaii’s PBS program, “Spectrum”,
several times, as well as in national and international publications.
Combining her interest in cultural anthropology and art, Long began to record
the renaissance of the Hawai’ian culture and is now considered one of the
best interpreters of the revival. The Hawaii Visitors Bureau Big Island chapter
has commissioned her to do a series of images, which help promote the cultural
identity of Hawaii. She is invited yearly to the Celebration of the Arts held
at the Ritz Cartlton Kapalua, as a guest speaker, has been the official artist
for Hawaiian Airlines and has done the posters for the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival
for 2001 and 2002. She has had over 50 one-woman-shows and her work can be seen
in public and major private collections around the world.
To learn more about the personal side of Kathy, click
here.
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“ She has endless patience. Her tender renderings
of light and shadow and her deep insights into the
personalities of the people she portrays really sets
her apart.”
Aloha- The Magazine of Hawaii and the Pacific February 1991
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