Artist: Bert L. Long, Jr. (Houston, TX)
Title: ART/LIFE
Completion Date: November 2008
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Funding Source: Percent for Art – City of Houston, General Services Department
Location: 2510 Willowick
Council District G

ART/LIFEis a 30' x 7' acrylic painting investigating the journey of the creative artist and all original thinkers. The painting depicts a ship sailing towards a sunset. Imbedded in the sea and the sky are copies of 17 art history master works re-imagined as heroes or ideals. According to Long, the theme of this work is the personal journey of the creative artist who is pictured steering a sailboat in the center of the stormy seascape. The work was specifically created for a niche above the children's reading area in the library.

 

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