“I have admired Alan Bull’s deep and evocative art for many years. He has a keen eye for what is essential and for what is true, and he merges this gift with an abiding love for the natural world we human beings are fortunate to call home. Not many artists have earned the right to be called masters, but Alan Bull has many times over. He is a national treasure.” ~ Andre Dubus III
Alan Bull has been painting the New England landscape and teaching oil and watercolor workshops for over 30 years. Originally from Old Town, Maine, Alan received his BFA at the Philadelphia College of Art and he worked as a studio assistant to international glass artist Dan Dailey before embarking on a career as a painter, muralist, illustrator and art instructor. He has also enjoyed creating work in a wide variety of media including 3D photography and pastels, glass, pen and ink, ice sculpture, and printmaking.
Recent exhibitions include group shows at Reboli Art Center in Stony Brook, NY and Charles Fine Art in Gloucester, MA and solo shows at Portsmouth Book & Bar and the Massachusetts State House. Alan’s work is included in numerous private and public art collections, and has also appeared in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine and on CBS TV’s ‘New England Living’ as well as on album covers, chocolate bars and beer labels.
Alan’s work as a plein air painter has received wide recognition. He was one of thirty national artists competing in the Cape Ann Plein Air festival in 2016 and 2018, and in 2019 Alan received two awards at the Parrsboro (Nova Scotia) International Plein Air Painting Festival. In 2019 he was also the featured visiting artist and juror at the Bisbee Plein Air Festival in Arizona. Alan also is a regular contributor to annual benefit auctions for the Firehouse Center, Anna Jaques Hospital, and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art.
Some recent side projects include illustrations for three children’s books: Augustus and Me (by Orient author Jan Rose), Fisherman Fred and the Fledglings (by Newburyport author Camille Garro) and The Carousel Caper by Amy Moore. Ian Hunter’s recents album Defiance Pt. 1, released in 2023 on Sun Records, features cover art by Alan and includes performances by Jeff Beck, Ringo Starr, Todd Rundgren and members of Guns n Roses, Metallica and Stone Temple Pilots. Alan is currently working on The Red Chair Portrait Project, a series of life-size portrait paintings in collaboration with legendary musicians and songwriters for charity.
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