Alan Bull

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 recent
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.

Artist reception is on Saturday, May 2nd from 2:00pm to 4:00pm

For more information please visit www.alanbull.com Instagram: @abullstudio