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Electra Long is a prominent Bay Area painter specializing in plein air landscapes, portraits and still lifes in oil. She has received many local and national awards and her paintings are in many collections. Electra trained at the Art Student's League and the National Academy of Design in New York, the Ecole Charpentier in Paris, the University of Louisville, and San Francisco State University where she earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees. Her instructors included Burt Silverman, David Leffel, Harvey Dinnerstein, Ron Sherr, Jesse Corsaut, Jack Faragasso and Robert K. Semans. Electra is a Signature Member of the Society of Western Artists and a Life Member of the Art Students League. She has painted commissions for U. C. Berkeley, Stanford University, and the Pennsylvania State Senate. In 2000 Electra was chosen as artist of the year by KTEH-TV. A 30 minute TV documentary on her life and work (Portrait of an Artist) was produced and aired by KTEH. |
Awards
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| FIRST PLACE Oil Painting: Society of Western Artists 58th Annual Exhibition | 2008 |
| THIRD PLACE Marin Society of Artists 81st Annual Members Exhibition | 2008 |
| JUROR Oakland Art Association Annual Exhibit | 2007 |
| JUROR Marin Society of Artists Annual Members Exhibition | 2007 |
| JUROR Oakland Art Association Fall Show | 2006 |
| JUROR Oakland Art Association Summer Show | 2005 |
| JUROR Orinda Art Association Summer Show | 2005 |
| FIRST PLACE San Leandro Art Association Festival of Fine Arts Invitational | 2004 |
| JUROR San Francisco Women Artists Society Member Show | 2002 |
| JUROR Marin Art Society Show | 2001 |
| FIRST PLACE Oils & Acrylics: Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibit | 2000 |
| FIRST PLACE Oils & Acrylics: Alamo-Danville Art Society Annual Exhibition | 2000 |
KTEH ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2000 30 Minute TV Documentary - ELECTRA: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST - produced and aired on Public Television
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| GUEST ARTIST Maynard Dixon Invitational Exhibit | 1999 |
| THIRD PLACE Oils & Acrylics: Society of Western Artist Annual Exhibit | 1997 |
| MAGAZINE COVER: Valley Scene Magazine | 1997 |
| FIRST PLACE Oils & Acrylics: Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibit | 1996 |
| BOOK COVER: The Atlantean Press Review "Portrait of Kina" | 1996 |
| FIRST PLACE Oils & Acrylics: Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibit | 1995 |
| BOOK COVER: Side Show, An Anthology of Fiction "Queen of the Night" | 1994 |
| BOOK COVER: Somersault Press "The Blue Kimono" | 1994 |
| Anna Elizabeth Klumpke Memorial Award: Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibit | 1993 |
| BEST OF SHOW: Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibit | 1992 |
| WINSOR & NEWTON AWARD: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Exhibit, National Arts Club, New York | 1992 |
| FIRST PLACE: Newark Days Annual Art Show, Society of Western Artists | 1991 |
| S.W.A. SIGNATURE AWARD: Society of Western Artists | 1987 |
| Anna Elizabeth Klumpke Memorial Award: Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibit | 1987 |
| SECOND PLACE Oils: Fremont Art Festival | 1987 |
| SECOND PLACE: Fremont Annual Exhibit | 1986 |
| SECOND PLACE: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Annual Exhibit | 1986 |
| HONORABLE MENTION: Crown Zellerbach Annual Exhibit | 1985 |
| SECOND PLACE: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Annual Exhibit | 1985 |
| BEST OF SHOW: Newark Days Art Show | 1984 |
| SECOND PLACE: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Annual Exhibit | 1984 |
| SECOND PLACE: Menlo Park Annual Exhibition | 1983 |
| THIRD PLACE: Commonwealth Club Exhibit, San Francisco | 1983 |
| BEST OF SHOW: Newark Days Art Show | 1982 |
