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Inspired by a fan-favorite series of posts on Ashley Longshore s popular Instagram account, the artist s own colorful (and sometimes inappropriate!) bird descriptions and maximalist paintings give each bird a hysterical personality and backstory. Take Muffy, for example. What kind of bird does she look like? Muffy lives in a nest above her neighborhood s private tennis club. She studied abroad in London while in college and now calls her powder room the loo and refers to the movies as the cinema and she also calls her tennis shoes trainers ...she has a mild lisp that gets much worse after her third glass of rose...her stages of drunkenness are always the same: first she thinks she can sing, then she thinks she can dance and then she thinks she is invisible...during the stage of invisibility Muffy really lets it all out. Or Penelope (pronounced Penny-Lope ), a rotund, green and yellow fellow who ain t on Ozempic and has no interest in being traditionally thin...she lives in a nest made of M&M wrappers and Chanel tissue paper directly above the outdoor restaurant of a luxury vacation resort. She has an insatiable appetite for carb acquisition and an aerodynamic body built for snack zoomies. She is famous in bird hotel circles for her dramatic carb plunge, the FLUFF SWOOP . She snatches pastries from tourists with enviable precision. Some of the other birds get peanut butter and JEALOUS! Longshore combines her brilliant humor and knack for storytelling with her dynamic pop art style and is sure to have readers rolling from the very first page.

Slaying runway-worthy fierceness, this volume fantastically imagines all U.S. presidents as full-face drag fantasy Founding Fathers serving powdered-wig pageantry, Lincoln glowing in rhinestoned resolve, and Obama radiating pure runway poise. Vivid color, electric detail, and unapologetic attitude burst from each portrait, painted in Longshore s unmistakable pop-art maximalism dialed all the way up. Printed on luxurious, high-gloss pages, the portraits explode with glitter, bold color, and unapologetic sparkle, shining as brightly as the world they reimagine. Never-before-published presidential paintings strut onto the page alongside hilarious stage names and captions, written with Longshore s razor-sharp wit and a dash of historical mischief including Baberaham Lickin ('Something about Four scoreplay') and Herhearty Hooha (aka Herbert Hoover s) 'Sucks harder than the Great Depression.' This sassy commentary, paired with familiar figures remixed into drag royalty, reveals the campy contradictions stitched into the American experiment and proves that satire ages far better than politics. A subversive celebration of self-expression, queerness, and the theatrical spectacle of American power, the book stands as both homage and send-up patriotic, playful, and joyously unrestrained. For collectors, pop-culture devotees, and fans of Longshore s iconic audacity, it offers a winking reminder that history is always ripe for reinvention, especially when glitter is involved.

Ashley Longshore delivers exactly what her fans are clamoring for: a look at Ashley s big life, her audacious aphorisms, and of course her sumptuous, glittering art in sublime detail. Ashley Longshore s pop-art paintings are always daring; her art makes noise. On any given day, you may catch her in her New Orleans gallery painting with Blake Lively, talking art and fashion with Dapper Dan in New York, or on a remote island in Hawaii painting. A prolific artist, she has been compared to Andy Warhol for her passion with pop-culture figures; but it s her infectious personality and humorous real talk that has captured the hearts of and inspired her devoted fans. Ashley s story also peeks at her major blingy collaborations with brands such as Rolex; luxury cosmetics brand Cle de Peau; Veuve Clicquot; Chloe; Mark Cross; and Judith Leiber, to name only a few. Ashley Longshore: I Do Not Cook, I Do Not Clean, I Do Not Fly Commercial tells the stories of the self-proclaimed urban hippie in glorious color and detail and features her works, collaborations, and her singular and authentic personality.

Ashley Longshore now turns her eye toward badass women throughout history with Roar! A Collection of Mighty Women. Longshore s pop art paintings are never shy of daring; her art makes noise, and her singular portraits of legendary stateswomen, artists, and notable women from all walks of life include Marie Curie, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, Peggy Guggenheim, First Lady Michelle Obama, Greta Thunberg, Queen Elizabeth II, Cleopatra, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Josephine Baker, Amanda Gorman, and even Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman! Many of these striking and vibrant portraits were previously exhibited at Diane von Furstenberg s flagship store in New York. Accompanied by descriptions about what makes these women such significant and meaningful icons, Roar! is sure to be the perfect gift for women of all ages.