Bert Long: The Artist's Journey

by Thomas McEvilley

Bert Long: The Artist's Journey encapsulates the life and art of Bert L. Long Jr. (1940-2013). Thomas McEvilley opens the book by describing his chance encounter with Long on a Houston street in 1980. An African American artist who grew up in Houston's Fifth Ward, Long was an energetic and enthusiastic artist who was trained as an executive chef and came to his art through his growing ability to carve ice and make decorative food in the hospitality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967439531
• ISBN13: 9780967439532
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"