Artist Ashley Longshore is an artist with a mission: to create meaningful, joyful art and, in doing so, to create a more beautiful world. It?s a tall order, but she is up for the task. Some media have called Longshore a genius. Others have used the term ?fashion darling.? Many of her fans and followers […]The post Artist Ashley Longshore Is on a Mission to Create Meaningful, Joyful Art appeared first on Freshome.com.

Artist Ashley Longshore is an artist with a mission: to create meaningful, joyful art and, in doing so, to create a more beautiful world. It?s a tall order, but she is up for the task.Some media have called Longshore a genius. Others have used the term ?fashion darling.? Many of her fans and followers refer to her as a funny broad ? a word meant to describe someone unfiltered, unafraid and daring. In this sense, it describes Longshore perfectly.Brilliant, beautiful and bold are also words that accurately represent this creative force. Longshore is known for her large-scale canvases of famous faces: the Portrait Series includes icons such as Audrey Hepburn, Abraham Lincoln and Lil Wayne. Longshore embellishes these with bright colors and images of flowers, jewels and bling ? lots and lots of bling. Her Trophy Series, which deals with money and status, is hugely popular with those who have money and still realize how ridiculous too much can be.New Orleans-based artist Ashley Longshore makes pop art that is funny and beautiful.Ashley Longshore’s backgr...