Join us for our 7th Uncommon Artist Residency program at Sound View Greenport this season. Our second artist, Alan Bull is an award-winning painter who resides in Newburyport, Mass. Join us on Sunday February 23rd for an artist talk & studio visit at Sound View Greenport.

Alan Bull is a painter, muralist, illustrator and art instructor based in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Originally from Old Town, Maine, he received a BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art and has painted images of New England for the past 30 years. Primarily a visual artist, he has also worked in music and theater and has enjoyed improvisational performance collaborations with guitarist Dave Herlihy, Hidden City Orchestra, The Parrish Percussion Project, and the composer Herbert Deutsch.  His works are widely collected and have been seen in feature films, in children’s books (Augustus and Me; Fisherman Fred), on album covers (including Ian Hunter’s new release Defiance Part 1 on Sun Records), and in print media including Architectural Digest, The New York Times and The Boston Globe.  Alan has been a participant in Cape Ann Plein Air and Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival, and offers classes and workshops throughout New England.