Gary Long

Gary Long is a figurative
painter who is invloved in the making of images concerned with the
coast, sea, sky, weather and the impressions they leave.

Gary Long was born in Birmingham, England in 1945. He attended
Birmingham College of Art after which he spent two years working as an
illustrator in Vancouver, Canada. On returning to England, made
advanced studies at Manchester College of Art graduating with the
equivalent of an MA by research.

Since
leaving college, Gary has worked as a successful illustrator on
numerous national and international accounts in publishing and
advertising.
He is an artist member
of the Society of Illustrators in New York and a part time lecturer at
the University College Falmouth. Gary,with his Canadian wife Pat,
recently moved to St Ives from Devon to be closer to the environment
that most inspires him.