Alan Bull is originally from Old Town, Maine, and he studied at the Philadelphia College of Art. He was the artist in residence at the William Steeple Davis House in Orient from 1996-1998. In 2000 Alan received a NYSCA Community Connections grant for ‘Farm Freight’, an exhibition of paintings and photographs documenting the agricultural railroad depots on Long Island’s North Fork, which was shown at the Oysterponds Historical Society and the East End Arts Council. In 2019 he illustrated Augustus and Me, a children’s book about the history of Orient written by Janice Rose, and he has recently illustrated other children's books, and an album cover for Ian Hunter on Sun Records. Alan exhibits his work regularly in Orient and at the North Fork Art Collective in Greenport.
“I grew up in central Maine, and spent childhood summer vacations on my grandparent’s Orient farm. The unique light of the North Fork of Long Island has been the subject of much of my recent work, and I continue to find my own voice as an artist by painting this special place.” — Alan Bull