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“I had the intuition that Deborah Rose Guterbock and Terri Long might be a match made in heaven. Both artists have a unique style that blends powerful imagery and a profound sensitivity to material and process. In this particular instance, both bodies of work look to nature as a rich source of imagery. I feel like I have struck visual gold.”

—  Beryl Solla, PVCC Gallery Director, Lost and Found, September, 2015

“In her artworks, Terri Long evaluates and honors the life of dead or forgotten books. In doing so, she also honors our humanity and the records we have kept of it. By building visual connections between forgotten or outdated volumes, Long breathes new life into the memory of our past. In an age where we seem to value books less and less, she reminds us of their beauty and importance by re-birthing them into something special and offering them the opportunity for reincarnation.”

—  Rose Guterbock, artist, writer, cvilleartblog.com, 5 March, 2013

“I’ve been in the company of the condensed books since the 1990s, but never considered them as fine art. By taking them off the dusty bookshelf and installing them on the gallery wall, I think these ‘book quilts’ are a great recasting of a cultural icon. Terri Long’s ‘book quilts’ make the most of the style and panache of the colorful, iconic Reader’s Digest Condensed Books cover patterns from the 1950s to 1980s, reminding us of their halcyon days. The quilts are very striking and wonderful conversation pieces.”

— Laura Kelly, VP, Global Editor-in-Chief, Reader’s Digest Select Editions (formerly Reader’s Digest Condensed Books) February 13, 2008, Pleasantville, NY

“Terri makes art (and some purses, too) out of classic books. One of her favorite resources is the book bin at the McIntire Recycling Center. I imagine the tired books are happy when they see her coming to give them new life!”

— John Robinson, Robinson Imagery http://www.robinsonimagery.com

“From a distance, Terri Long’s large compositions suggest immensely colorful patchwork quilts. When closely viewed, her immaculate designs reveal several horizontal and vertical rows of fully opened book covers decoratively patterned in vivid colors. No two are alike, the covers are pressed as flat as ironed cloths. Moreover, they disclose the Readers Digest label.”

— Ruth Latter, “Opening Volumes of Magic,” The Daily Progress, April 2006, Charlottesville, VA

“Long loves book—just not for their orderly presentation; rather she’s enamored with their aesthetic potential. For Long, books are troves of artistic material—from binding to illustrations—ripe for taking apart and reassembling in visually surprising ways. Words sometimes retain their meaning, although twisted from their original context. Other times, the printed letters become strictly graphic elements freed from linguistic connection.”

“Several of Long’s most interesting works venture into abstraction. Her RD Quilt assembles 20 covers from Reader’s Digest Condensed and Best Loved Books (last seen gathering dust on your grandmother’s shelves) into a patchwork that highlights the gorgeous patterned papers used to bind the books. The tomes’ dark spines, embossed with golden rectangles, provide a recurring geometric chorus that unifies the piece.”

— Laura Parsons, “Page Turner: Making Books Into Art,” The Hook, v. 411 March 17-23 2005, Charlottesville, VA