"Blaise DeLong's work seems to me both thoughtful and intuitively sensuous. Her collages and paintings, with their repetition of patterns and rich modulations of colour, have a sense of inevitability, as if they had grown spontaneously from a long meditation. There is something iconic about them, in the way that icons extend beyond their physical beauty and call us into contemplation."

(Kate Regan, 1996)

"Blaise DeLong's work is hot, dazzling in tone and jazzy in impact; the highly saturated colours she uses seem to soak through the canvas to the viewer's eye.."

(Donald Brackett 1996)
Toronto Life Magazine

"Blaise DeLong desnuda su alma femenina derritiendo los delicados motivos decorativos y arabescos con sutiles manchas de color; el churrete es en acrilico y nos recuerda la acuarela que tanto aprecia el medio. Esta aparente autodestruccion no es sino un renacimiento de su ser que desea infundir a sus disenos lidertad, como escapando del tapiz de Penelope; asi podrian comprenderse sus ensayos."

(Guillermo Montero, 2002)
Art Critic and Historian
San Jose, Costa Rica)

Blaise DeLong was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario and studied at the New School Of Art in Toronto with Robert Markle, Gordon Rayner and Dennis Burton and then at Art Sake with Paul Sloggett.

She currently divides her time between studios in Toronto and Biscay Bay, NFLD.

Blaise DeLong first exhibited in Toronto at the Lonsdale Gallery in 1996, initially in a group show August 15 - September 8, and then in a solo exhibition "New Paintings" September 10 - October 6 which was reviewed by Gillian Mackay in the Globe and Mail September 28 and by Donald Brackett for the September Issue of Toronto Life Magazine.

In 1997 and 1998 Blaise DeLong spent 8 months travelling, painting and exhibiting her work in Morocco. Starting with a solo exhibition at the Complexe Culturel Sidi Belyout in Casablanca during November of 1997 and then taking up residence at the American Legation Museum to prepare for her exhibition during their bicentennial celebration November 1997 - January 1998.

She travelled to the far south to Sidi Ifni for Exposition 1998 in January and then to Essaouira for an exhibition at the Galerie Espace Othello "Hommage a Essaouira" March 1998. It was reviewed in Le Matin du Sahara et du Maghreb February 28, 1998 and an interview with the artist was aired on the national evening news.

Time spent in Turkey and Morocco provided subject matter for her next solo exhibit in Toronto at David Mirvish Books on Art. This show entitled "Stellar Works" makes reference to the large Frank Stella painting "Damascus Gate" which is on permanent display at the Mirvish bookstore but the work shown was a continuation of explorations started in Morocco based on the antique zilig tile designs that abound there.

In 2000 Blaise DeLong travelled to Sri Lanka to show her work at the Gallery 706 in Colombo.

In August of 2001 Blaise was resident artist at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Pouch Cove, NFLD. where she renewed her love affair with NFLD and found the perfect home in Biscay Bay.

In 2002 the artist went to Costa Rica and exhibited her work at the Galeria Alternativa in San Jose, February 21 - April 22. Reviews appeared in La Republica.

Since 1995 Blaise DeLong has also participated in group shows in Toronto at the Angell Gallery, at Tyndale College for a juried exhibition entitled "Evidence of Things Unseen" and has participated in Casey House "Art with Heart" auction, among others.

In March 2003 the artist showed her work at the James Baird Gallery in St. John's, NFLD. in the "Route 20" group show.

More of Blaise DeLong's work can be seen on the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Artists website ccca.ca.