I've decided to close my website.

Originally my website was built as a selling option, which worked when I was driving buyers there, these days I don't and consequently my website hasn't been paying for itself. I've discovered that my blog gets far more hits than the website so I am going to start blogging a bit more and close my web pages, they badly needed updating anyway and I don't really use a computer any more, and updating eeb pages using the phone is difficult particularly as my website was built using html coding. After 25 years it's had it's time. To record my CV I will post it here. Greg Long; Visual Artist Greg Long is a full-time visual artist. He is from Dublin, Ireland. He studied at the College of Marketing and Design and the National Art College Ireland. In 1990, the Government granted him tax exemption as a Registered Artist for producing works of “artistic and cultural value.” MAJOR COLLECTIONS INCLUDE: Portuguese National Collection, Governor's Residence, St. Helena Island, Egyptian Embassy Dublin, Ireland. South Dublin County Council, Museum of Contemporary Art, Monastir, Tunisia, Pancevo Historical Archive, Pancevo, Serbia, National Museum of Ex Libris, Serbia His many commissions include a presentation for the Governor of St. Helena Island. AWARDS Greg has also received exhibition awards from the Arts Council of Ireland and S.D.C.C. in 1996 and 2000 Department of Art, Culture and Tourism, Ireland, Bursary 2005 Residency in Pogorica, Montenegro, June 2008 Winner of the 3rd Ex Libris International Biennial Award, Pancevo, 2010 Residency in Monastir, Tunisia, 2006 and 2007 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE Durden Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 2005 (with Christine Long) Florence Biennial, Florence, Italy, 2005 South Dublin Co. Co. Headquarters, 1996 and 2000 Association de Beaux-Arts, Monastir, Tunisia, 2006, 2007 Salao Internacional de Artes Plásticas S.J. Madeira, Portugal 2007 Small works on paper ‘ANGELS’, Selected for the international exhibition Belgrade, Serbia 2007 2nd International Biennial of Ex-Libris Serbia 2008 3rd International Biennial of Ex-Libris Serbia 2010 (Prize winner) 4th International Biennial of Ex-Libris Serbia 2012 and in Spanish ( y en Español) Greg Long; Artista visual Greg Long es un artista visual de tiempo completo. El es de Dublín, Irlanda. Estudió en la Facultad de Marketing y Diseño y en el Colegio Nacional de Arte Irlanda. En 1990, el Gobierno le otorgó el estatus de Artista Registrado por producir obras de “valor artístico y cultural”. Greg ha vivido aquí en Isla Plana por el invierno desde 2014 LAS COLECCIONES PRINCIPALES INCLUYEN: Colección nacional portuguesa, Residencia del Gobernador Isla de St. Helena, Embajada de Egipto en Dublín, Irlanda Consejo del Condado de Dublín Sur, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monastir, Túnez, Archivo Histórico de Pancevo, Pancevo, Serbia. Museo Nacional de Ex Libris, Serbia Sus muchas comisiones incluyen una presentación para el gobernador de Isla Santa Helena. PREMIOS Greg también ha recibido premios de exhibición del Arts Council y S.D.C.C. en 1996 y 2000 Beca del Departamento de Arte, Cultura y Turismo 2005. Residencia en Pogorica, Montenegro Junio 2008 Ganador del premio, 3ra Bienal Internacional Ex Libris, Pancevo. 2010 Obtuvo una residencia en Monastir, Túnez en 2006 y 2007. LAS EXPOSICIONES INTERNACIONALES INCLUYEN Galería Durden, Memphis, Tennessee, EE. UU. 2005 (junto con Christine Long) Bienal de Florencia, Florencia, Italia. 2005 Sede de South Dublin Co. Co. 1996 y 2000 Association de beaux artes Monastir Túnez 2006, 2007 Salao Internacional de artes plasticas S.J. Madiera, Portugal 2007 Pequeñas obras sobre papel ‘ANGELS’, Exposición internacional seleccionada Belgrado Serbia 2007 2ª Bienal Internacional de Ex-Libris Serbia 2008 3ª Bienal Internacional de Ex-Libris Serbia 2010 (Otorgado 2º Premio) 4ª Bienal Internacional de Ex-Libris Serbia 2012

sunset Isla Plana.

 Atardecer Isla Plana,

 oil on wood panel 25 X 25cm

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Half a dozen free range duck eggs

oil on canvas

100cm X 100cm

 

Time spent in Spain.

 Here are a few images from Spain, I have been painting but at a slower rate than previously. Life in Spain,for me, is at s much slower pace. I spend most of my time walking, kayaking, and enjoying the sunshine. All things that were difficult due to health problems in the dampness of Ireland.

This is the view from our house in Isla Plana, Spain. 

The following two views are of the Rambla de l'Azohia, a dry riverbed.

I also walk along the Rambla del cañar pictured below.

and along the coastal walk past "cueva de los lobos"

and the countryside in "Campillo del adentro", literally the little country inside, it's a beautiful spot surrounded by hills.

As you can see, we are in a beautiful part of Spain, in the province of Murcia along the Costa Cálida, or in English the warm coast. After seven winters I'm almost fluent in Spanish, though my grammar is quite poor, but I get by with simple past and simple future and ignore all the other tenses when speaking. It makes life easier and I can still hold a conversation with our spanish friends.

That's all for now, I will try to update my blog a little more often...

Preparing to Migrate South again

Summer is over, and I am on my way back to Spain.

Summer has passed....

Where has the last few months gone?  I'm now in the middle of packing for my return to Spain.
I haven't had time to do any painting as I have been busy renovating our cottage in Sligo.  (Well in as much as I can until tradesmen turn up!)
Now that I am back in Dublin I have time and internet connections to catch up on a few things.  I have been lax with my blogging, but I hope to get back into the groove next month.  In the meantime I will leave you with a Sligo sunset....Lough Arrow.

A little Spanish colour...

I'm looking forward to a full days painting tomorrow.  I've been busy doing other things for the last few days, a bit of sightseeing too, looking at the Almond blossom in the landscape among other things.

There is colour everywhere here now, even in areas where they are dumping stuff to compost.

green leaves, tomatos and oranges.

There was a dead partridge hanging in a little country bar, next to the same bird on a calendar.

One of the old windmills, without it's sails.

orange groves

and Almond groves too

All this and beautiful reds and oranges in the earth too.

What more could a colourist want?

I'm back, but still in Spain.

It is an age since I posted on my Blog.  I have been busy with our new life in Spain.  With so much to do, and so many new things to learn including the language, I'm afraid blogging is a habit that I fell out of, but I shall endeavour to start blogging again.
In the meantime here are some of my plien air knife studies from the last few months in Murcia.
They are all small 10 by 8 inch Oils on Panel.

the view from our front terrace/patio

near Mazarron, (old mineworkings)

Isla Plana and Puerto de Mazarron from our terrace again.

near Mazarron

North from Isla Plana

a pen sketch from the Marina at Puerto de Mazarron

the Marina in oils

looking Northwest from Isla Plana

Almond trees 

one of our sunsets again from our patio area.

a Pine tree at Cabo Tinoso

Bolnuevo

Isla Plana sunset, from the patio again

Bolnuevo from Percheles direction

Mullet in the Marina (Puerto de Mazarron)

Bolnuevo cove

Torre (tower) at L'Azoiah from the road to Cabo Tinoso

Percheles

another patio sunset

Near Leica

near Leica again

El Amillo, Puerto de Mazarron

Broccoli fields near Leica

Isla Plana cove

Rock pool, Bolnuevo

Percheles looking south

Percheles looking North

Until later, I shall leave you to enjoy these.  I will post some larger works soon.

Flying south for the winter.

I've had a very busy, non-art related summer.  But tomorrow we head to Spain for the winter, to a house pictured below. (it's a hard life, but somebody's got to do it )  Over the next few months I will have lots of paintings and other things to show and talk about.  I've missed my blog, but I have had a very boring summer, with lots of jobs to be done and a new way of life to get organised.

Flitting around with the swallows.

I can't believe it's six months since I posted on this blog.  I have been busy with life.....
We spent January in Murcia, Spain.  While there we explored the area and decided to stay around Isla Plana this winter.  To this end we have rented a house on the beach from October on, and now we are looking forward to spending next winter in sunnier climes.

This has other opportunities, we are learning Spanish...slowly in my case... and I am looking forward to starting work when we get back to Murcia.  The landscape is full of rich warm colours, just the kind of landscape I love to paint.  A selection of pictures below will illustrate my point.

Our house backs on to the beach, so fishing will be on the menu too, as will the fish.  

The house has a beautifully lit basement with a large high level window to use as a studio when I'm not painting on site so I will have no excuses not to work.  In the meantime here in Ireland I am still not working at my painting, although I am very busy with my angling guiding this year in between trying to get home improvements progressed for when we return next spring.