Anna Longo’s works are inspired by a unique place where history, art and nature are beautifully combined: Venice.

All of Anna’s paintings – including her floral works – are close-up views that isolate details. These details have been torn from their context, fragments which examine reality close-up, in a parallel dimension.

Her paintings are an invitation to observe our surroundings without ‘stepping back’ too far: being in close proximity to objects allows us to see a complete and complex world.

By painting water, a moving and elusive element, Anna aims to express the ambivalence of the graphic abstraction and the tangible qualities of the subject, aiming to balance the two values.

This is why, in her painted scenes, Anna always includes a recognizable, iconographic element: it is in the equilibrium between forces that the true objective of her works (and her way of living) resides: it is always firmly rooted in the real world.